# व्याप्ति (vyāpti)

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व्याप्ति (vyāpti) is a Sanskrit word meaning acquisition, attainment, accomplishment, the inseparable presence of one thing in another, universal pervasion or distribution, invariable concomitance, universality or a universal rule without an exception, omnipresence or ubiquity as a divine attribute. Its 11 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Pervasion, Inherence, and Concomitance, Acquisition or Attainment, Omnipresence or Ubiquity.

- **Etymology:** E. वि and आप to pervade, aff. क्तिन् — E. vi and āpa to pervade, aff. ktin
- **SLP1:** `vyApti`  **IAST:** vyāpti  **Devanagari:** व्याप्ति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyapti
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vyapti/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Pervasion, Inherence, and Concomitance (8 definitions)
- 1. The inseparable presence of one thing in another. 2. Universal pervasion or distribution. 3. Invariable concomitance.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > pervasion, inherence, inherent and inseparable presence of any one thing in another (as of oil in sesamum seed, heat in fire &c.), universal pervasion, invariable concomitance, universal distribution or accompaniment ( e.g. ‘smoke is always pervaded by fire’, or ‘fire is necessarily attended with smoke’ cf. Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 62 ), Kap.; Nyāyam., Sch. [ ID=209783 ]
- 1. Pervading or inherence. 2. Obtaining or gain. 3. Universal permeation or omnipresence.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्याप्ति (vyāpti) [Printed book page 819 ] व्याप्ति (vyāpti) f. ( - प्तिः (-ptiḥ) ) 1 Pervading, inherence, the inherent and essential presence of any one thing or property in another, as of oil in the sesamum seed, heat in fire, or the Deity in the universe, &c. 2 Getting, obtaining, gain. 3 Universal permeation, omnipresence, as one of ŚIVA'S superhuman properties. E. वि (vi) and आप (āpa) to pervade, aff. क्तिन् (ktin). [ ID=37247 ]
- pervading, spread, or comprehensiveness  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्याप्ति (vyāpti) [Printed book page 737-b ] व्या _ प्ति (vyā_pti) ( प्तिः ) ((ptiḥ)) 2. f. See व्यापकता (vyāpakatā). [ ID=36886 ]
- 1. Pervasion. 2. A universal rule. 3. Fulness. 4. Invariable concomitance.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्याप्ति (vyāpti) [Printed book page 700-28 ] व्याप्ति (vyāpti) f. 1. Pervasion; 2. a universal rule; 3. fulness; 4. invariable concomitance, universal accompaniment of the midddle term by the major (in Nyāya phil.). [ ID=36702 ]
- 1. Pervading or inherence. 2. Obtaining or gain. 3. Universal permeation or omnipresence. 4. A universal rule. 5. Fulness.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्याप्ति (vyāpti) [Printed book page 699-a ] व्याप्ति (vyāpti) f. ( - प्तिः (-ptiḥ) ) 1. Pervading, inherence, the inherent and essential presence of any one, (thing or property,) in another, as of oil in the sesamum seed, heat in fire, or the Deity in the universe, &c. 2. Getting, obtaining, gain. 3. Universal permeation, omnipresence, as one of ŚIVA'S superhuman properties. 4. An universal rule. 5. Fulness. E. वि (vi) and आप् (āp) to pervade, aff. क्तिन् । (ktin.) [ ID=39010 ]
- 1. Pervading or omnipresence. 2. Inherence. 3. The relation of a subject to a predicate in a universal proposition.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्याप्ति (vyāpti) [Printed book page 0918-b ] व्याप्ति (vyāpti) vyāpti, i. e. vi-āp + ti, f. 1. Pervading, Vedāntas. in Chr. 215, 18. 2. Universal permeation, omnipresence. 3. Inherence, the inherent and essen- tial presence of any thing or property in another, as heat in fire, oil in the sesamum seed. 4. The relation of a subject ( vyāpta, vyāpya ) to a predicate ( vyāpaka ) in an universal proposition, Bhāṣāp. 65; 67; 68; 136. [ ID=14264 ]
- 1. Obtaining, reaching, penetrating, filling, or containing. 2. Universal pervasion or general rule.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्याप्ति (vyāpti) [Printed book page 530 ] व्याप्ति (vyāpti) f. obtaining, reaching, penetrating, filling, containing; universal pervasion, general rule. [ ID=31409 ]
- 1. Pervading, pervasion, permeation, or universal presence. 2. Invariable concomitance or inseparable involvement. 3. Universality or a general rule without exception. 4. Omnipresence or ubiquity. 5. Fulness. 6. Obtaining, gaining, or acquiring.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > व्याप्ति (vyāpti) [Printed book page 0980-a ] Vy-āpti, is, f. the act or state of pervading, per- vasion, pervadedness, permeation, pervading inhe- rence, the inherent and inseparable presence of any one thing in another (as of oil in sesamum seed, heat in fire, &c.), universal pervasion, inseparable in- volvedness, invariable concomitance, invariable attend- ance on an ascertained sign, universal distribution (in logic), universal accompaniment of the middle term by the major (e. g. smoke is always pervaded by fire or fire is necessarily involved in smoke; it is this idea of pervasion that constitutes the peculiarity of the Hindū syllogism); universality, universal or general rule or law without an exception; omni- presence, ubiquity (as a divine attribute); fulness; obtaining, gaining, acquiring. —Vyāpti-karman, ā, ā, a, Ved. whose function is diffusion. —Vyāpti- graha, as, m. apprehension of a general proposition or of universal concomitance, induction. —Vyāpti-jñāna, am, n. knowledge of pervading inherence or of the presence of invariably concomitant properties. —Vy- āpti-niścaya, as, m. (in logic) the ascertainment of pervading inherence or universal concomitance. —Vy- āpti-mat, ān, atī, at, possessing pervasion, univer- sally diffused, pervading; pervaded, attended by. —Vyāpti-lakṣaṇa, am, n. sign or proof of uni- versal pervasion or of the invariable attendance of an inherent property or characteristic. [ ID=45648 ]

### Acquisition or Attainment (1 definition)
- acquisition, attainment, accomplishment  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1037,3] व्य् - आप्ति (vy-āpti) f. ( ifc. ° तिक (°tika) ) acquisition, attainment, accomplishment, AV.; ŚBr. [ ID=209782 ]

### Omnipresence or Ubiquity (1 definition)
- omnipresence or ubiquity as a divine attribute  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > omnipresence, ubiquity (as a divine attribute), W. [ ID=209785 ]

### Universal Rule or Principle (1 definition)
- universality or a universal rule without an exception  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > universality, universal rule without an exception, Sarvad.; Vedāntas. [ ID=209784 ]

## 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.

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