# विन्यास (vinyāsa) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vinyasa 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 — E. vi, and ni prefixed to asa to take, to throw or place, &c., aff. ghañ - **SLP1:** `vinyAsa` **IAST:** vinyāsa **Devanagari:** विन्यास - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viny%C4%81sa - **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vinyasa/declensions.md ## Meanings by context ### Arrangement or Order (4 definitions) - arrangement, order *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > arrangement, disposition, order, Pur. [ ID=197406 ] - 1. Array or assemblage. 2. A site or place. 3. A deposit. *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > विन्यास (vinyāsa) [Printed book page 694-a ] वि - न्यास (vi-nyāsa) ( सः ) ((saḥ)) 1. m. Array; assemblage; site, place; deposit. [ ID=34925 ] - 1. Entrusting or a deposit. 2. Orderly arrangement. 3. Assemblage or collection. 4. Site or place. 5. A receptacle. *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > विन्यास (vinyāsa) [Printed book page 0860-a ] विन्यास (vinyāsa) vinyāsa, i. e. vi-ni-as + a, m. 1. Entrusting. 2. A deposit. 3. Or- derly arrangement, Bhāg. P. 5, 20, 38. 4. Assemblage, collection. 5. Site, place. 6. Receptacle. — Comp. Akṣa- ra-, m. writing, writ, Vikr. 25, 20. [ ID=13406 ] - Placing, arrangement, or disposition. *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > विन्यास (vinyāsa) [Printed book page 498 ] विन्यास (vinyāsa) m. putting down or on placing, distributing, arrangement, order, disposition. [ ID=29681 ] ### Act of Placing or Applying (3 definitions) - putting or placing down *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H3) [Printed book page 972,3] वि - (vi-) ° न्यास (°nyāsa) m. putting or placing down &c. [ ID=197402 ] - putting on ornaments *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > putting on (ornaments), Kāvyād. [ ID=197404 ] - 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)* > विन्यास (vinyāsa) [Printed book page 0926-a ] Vi-nyāsa, as, m. putting or placing down, de- positing, entrusting; a deposit; orderly arrangement, disposition; any site or receptacle on or in which anything is placed or deposited; collecting, collection, assemblage. [ ID=43159 ] ### Assemblage or Collection (3 definitions) - assemblage, collection *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > assemblage, collection, W. [ ID=197412 ] - 1. Collecting or depositing. 2. A site, place, or receptacle. 3. Orderly arrangement or disposition. 4. Entrusting. 5. A deposit. *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > वि (vi) न्यास (vinyāsa) [Printed book page 774 ] वि (vi) न्यास (vinyāsa) m. ( - सः (-saḥ) ) 1 Assemblage, collecting, collecting or depositing any thing. 2 Site, place, receptacle, that in or on which any thing is placed or deposited. 3 Orderly arrangement or disposition. 4 Entrusting, depositing. 5 A deposit. E. वि (vi), and नि (ni) prefixed to अस (asa) to take, to throw or place, &c., aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=35339 ] - 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* > वि (vi) न्यास (vinyāsa) [Printed book page 662-a ] वि (vi) न्यास (vinyāsa) m. ( - सः (-saḥ) ) 1. Assemblage, collection, collecting or depositing anything. 2. Site, place, receptacle, that in or on which anything is placed or deposited. 3. Orderly arrangement or disposition. 4. Entrusting, depositing. 5. A deposit. E. वि (vi) and नि, (ni,) prefixed to अस् (as) to take, to throw or place, &c. aff. घञ् । (ghañ.) [ ID=36965 ] ### Deposit or Entrusting (2 definitions) - a deposit *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a deposit, W. [ ID=197403 ] - 1. Depositing or entrusting. 2. A deposit. 3. A collection or assemblage. 4. Arrangement or composition. 5. A receptacle. *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > विन्यास (vinyāsa) [Printed book page 667-33 ] विन्यास (vinyāsa) m. 1. Depositing, entrusting; 2. a deposit; 3. collection, assemblage; 4. arrangement, composition, प्रत्यक्षरश्लेषमयप्रबन्धविन्यास (vinyāsa) वैदग्ध्यनिधिर्निबंधम् (pratyakṣaraśleṣamayaprabandhavinyāsavaidagdhyanidhirnibaṃdham) Vas.D.; 5. a receptacle. [ ID=35142 ] ### Site, Receptacle, or Foundation (2 definitions) - establishment, foundation *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > establishment, foundation, MārkP. [ ID=197408 ] - a site or receptacle for depositing anything *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > any site or receptacle on or in which anything is deposited, ib. [ ID=197413 ] ### Bodily Position or Movement (1 definition) - Movement, position, or attitude *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > movement, position (of limbs), attitude, TPrāt.; Kāv. [ ID=197405 ] ### Composition or Connection of Elements (1 definition) - putting together, connecting, and literary composition *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > putting together, connecting (words &c.), composition (of literary works), Vās.; Sāh. &c. [ ID=197409 ] ### Exhibition or Display (1 definition) - exhibition, display *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > exhibition, display ( ifc. = showing, displaying), MBh. [ ID=197410 ] ### Scattering or Distributing (1 definition) - scattering or spreading out *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > scattering, spreading out, MBh.; Hariv. [ ID=197407 ] ### Specific Utterance (Despair) (1 definition) - the utterance of words of despair *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the utterance of words of despair, Sāh. [ ID=197411 ] ## Sources Definitions from 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, University of Cologne. The Sanskrit Lexicon app for iPhone, iPad and Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sanskrit-lexicon-dictionary/id6746787546