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पर्यायparyāya

पर्याय (paryāya) is a Sanskrit word meaning revolution or turning round, course, lapse, or expiration of time, regular recurrence, repetition, succession, or turn, a regularly recurring series or formula, see sukta for the definition, a synonym. Its 23 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Revolution, cycle, sequence, turn, Synonym, formula, text, rhetoric, Manner, method, creation, development.

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Meanings by context

Revolution, cycle, sequence, turn

9 definitions
revolution or turning round

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

course, lapse, or expiration of time

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

regular recurrence, repetition, succession, or turn

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

in turn, successively, alternately

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Revolution or expiration of a period. 2. Change of seasons or periodic return. 3. Repetition, regular succession, or turn. 4. Period, sentence, or stanza. 5. Alternative word or synonym.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Course, lapse, or expiration. 2. Regular recurrence. 3. Turn or succession. 4. Method or arrangement. 5. Way or manner. 6. A synonym. 7. Opportunity or occasion. 8. Creation, manufacture, or preparation. 9. A figure of speech in rhetoric.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Expiration of time. 2. Change. 3. Regular order or return. 4. Repetition. 5. Succession. 6. Turn. 7. Manner. 8. A synonym. 9. Alternately.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Turning round or revolving. 2. Course or lapse of time. 3. Turn or succession. 4. Formula or stanza. 5. Convertible term or synonym.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Going or turning round, revolving, or winding round. 2. Revolution, course, lapse, or expiration of time. 3. Regular recurrence, repetition, succession, or turn. 4. Regular order, arrangement, or method. 5. A regularly recurring series or formula. 6. A strophe or clause of a hymn. 7. A synonym or list of synonyms. 8. A figure in rhetoric. 9. Way, manner, or mode. 10. Property, quality, or generic and specific character. 11. Opportunity or occasion. 12. Formation, creation, or manufacture. 13. Comprehensiveness or aggregation.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Synonym, formula, text, rhetoric

6 definitions
a regularly recurring series or formula

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See sukta for the definition.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a synonym

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a particular figure of speech

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

expressing a corresponding notion

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a synonym

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Manner, method, creation, development

3 definitions
way, manner, or method of proceeding

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the regular development of a thing and its ultimate end

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

formation or creation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Opportunity, probability, abstract concepts

3 definitions
probability

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

opportunity or occasion

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

point of contact

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Referential or Etymological Notes

2 definitions
See under pari.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See under parī

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

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Definitions on this page come from 6 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.