# अध्यास (adhyāsa)

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अध्यास (adhyāsa) is a Sanskrit word meaning imposing, superimposition, an appendage, inhabiting, residing in, or presiding over, sitting upon, transferring. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Philosophical Superimposition (Adhyāropa), Physical Placement or Imposition, Grammatical or Textual Appendage.

- **Root:** 2. अस् (2. as)
- **Etymology:** E. अधि before, आस to sit, affix घञ् — E. adhi before, āsa to sit, affix ghañ
- **SLP1:** `aDyAsa`  **IAST:** adhyāsa  **Devanagari:** अध्यास
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhy%C4%81sa
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/adhyasa/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Philosophical Superimposition (Adhyāropa) (8 definitions)
- superimposition  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in phil. ) = अध्य् - आरोप (adhy-āropa) [ ID=4675 ]
- 1. Placing upon. 2. Erroneous attribution.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अध्यास (adhyāsa) [Printed book page 011-1 ] अध्यास (adhyāsa) adhi‿āsa, m. placing upon; erroneous predication. [ ID=1133 ]
- 1. Inhabiting, residing in, or presiding over. 2. Sitting upon. 3. Transferring. 4. Attributing the nature of one thing to another erroneously.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अध्यास (adhyāsa) [Printed book page 025 ] अध्यास (adhyāsa) n. ( - सं (-saṃ) ) 1 Inhabiting as chief, residing in, presiding over or ruling. 2 Sitting on or upon. 3 Transferring. 4 Attributing erroneously the nature of one thing to another, as of eternity to matter, &c. E. अधि (adhi) before, आस (āsa) sit, affix घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=1141 ]
- 1. Erroneously attributing the nature of one thing to another. 2. Residing in or presiding over. 3. Putting down upon.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अध्यास (adhyāsa) [Printed book page 017-04 ] अध्यास (adhyāsa) m. 1. Attributing erroneously the nature of one thing to another. Cf. अध्यारोप (adhyāropa) 2; 2. residing in, presiding over; 3. putting down upon (as in पदाध्यास (padādhyāsa).) [ ID=1007 ]
- 1. Inhabiting, residing in, or ruling. 2. Sitting upon. 3. Transferring. 4. Erroneously attributing the nature of one thing to another.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अध्यास (adhyāsa) [Printed book page 021-a ] अध्यास (adhyāsa) n. ( - सं (-saṃ) ) 1. Inhabiting as chief, residing in, presiding over or ruling. 2. Sitting on or upon. 3. Transferring. 4. Attributing erroneously the nature of one thing to another, as of eternity to matter, &c. E. अधि (adhi) before, आस (āsa) to sit, affix घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=1139 ]
- putting in or upon  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अध्यास (adhyāsa) [Printed book page 014 ] अध्यास (adhyāsa) m. putting in or upon; also = अध्यारोप (adhyāropa). [ ID=973 ]
- 1. Putting or throwing in or upon. 2. The erroneous transfer of the nature or attributes of one object to another. 3. The appendage to a Vedic verse.  
  *Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अध्यास (adhyāsa) [Printed book page 062-a ] अध्यास (adhyāsa) Tatpur. m. ( - सः (-saḥ) ) 1 Putting, throwing in or upon. 2 (In philosophy.) Transferring or attributing erroneously the predicates, nature &c. of one object to another, as of a ser- pent to a rope &c. See अध्यारोप (adhyāropa). 3 (In vaidik grammar.) The appendage to a vaidik verse; according to some the same as एकपदा (ekapadā) q. v. E. अस्, (as,) to throw, in the caus., with अधि, (adhi,) kṛt aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=2094 ]
- 1. Imposing or erroneously attributing. 2. An appendage.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > अध्यास (adhyāsa) [Printed book page 0023-c ] अध्यास (adhyāsa) adhy-āsa, as, m. (rt. 2. as ), impos- ing; erroneously attributing; an appendage. [ ID=1370 ]

### Physical Placement or Imposition (2 definitions)
- imposing  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 23,3] अध्य् - आस (adhy-āsa) b m. (√ 2. अस् (as) ), imposing (as of a foot), Yājñavalkya (Author) [ ID=4674 ]
- Putting on  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अध्यास (adhyāsa) [Printed book page 0018-a ] अध्यास (adhyāsa) adhyāsa, i. e. adhi- 2. as + a, m. Putting on; pādādhyāse, ‘for putting the foot on a person,’ Yājñ. 2, 217. [ ID=305 ]

### Grammatical or Textual Appendage (1 definition)
- an appendage  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > an appendage, Ṛg-veda-prātiśākhya (Title) [ ID=4676 ]

### Presiding, Ruling, or Inhabiting (1 definition)
- 1. Presiding over or sitting on. 2. Transferring.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अध्यास (adhyāsa) [Printed book page 020-b ] अध्या _ स (adhyā_sa) ( सः ) ((saḥ)) 1. m. Presiding over; sitting on; transferring. [ ID=950 ]

### Referential or Etymological Entry (1 definition)
- See adhy-asa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 23,2] अध्य् - आस (adhy-āsa) a m. See s.v. [ ID=4628 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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