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विन्यासvinyāsa

विन्यास (vinyāsa) is a Sanskrit word meaning putting or placing down, a deposit, putting on ornaments, movement, position, or attitude, arrangement, order, scattering or spreading out. Its 19 recorded definitions are grouped into 10 contexts, among them Arrangement or Order, Act of Placing or Applying, Assemblage or Collection.

Etymology
E. वि, and नि prefixed to अस to take, to throw or place, &c., aff. घञ्
Definitions
19
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Meanings by context

Arrangement or Order

4 definitions
arrangement, order

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Array or assemblage. 2. A site or place. 3. A deposit.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Entrusting or a deposit. 2. Orderly arrangement. 3. Assemblage or collection. 4. Site or place. 5. A receptacle.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Placing, arrangement, or disposition.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Act of Placing or Applying

3 definitions
putting or placing down

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

putting on ornaments

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Putting down, depositing, or entrusting. 2. A deposit. 3. Orderly arrangement or disposition. 4. A site or receptacle for placing or depositing something. 5. Collecting or assemblage.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Assemblage or Collection

3 definitions
assemblage, collection

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Collecting or depositing. 2. A site, place, or receptacle. 3. Orderly arrangement or disposition. 4. Entrusting. 5. A deposit.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An assemblage, collection, or deposit. 2. A site, place, or receptacle. 3. An orderly arrangement or disposition. 4. Entrusting or depositing. 5. A deposit.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Deposit or Entrusting

2 definitions
a deposit

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Depositing or entrusting. 2. A deposit. 3. A collection or assemblage. 4. Arrangement or composition. 5. A receptacle.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Site, Receptacle, or Foundation

2 definitions
establishment, foundation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a site or receptacle for depositing anything

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Bodily Position or Movement

1 definition
Movement, position, or attitude

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Composition or Connection of Elements

1 definition
putting together, connecting, and literary composition

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Exhibition or Display

1 definition
exhibition, display

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Scattering or Distributing

1 definition
scattering or spreading out

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Specific Utterance (Despair)

1 definition
the utterance of words of despair

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 8 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller 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.