Abhipraya, Abhiprāya: 21 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Abhiprāya (अभिप्राय):—(von i mit abhi + pra)

1) adj. auf Etwas losgehend, gerichtet auf, zielend auf: kartrabhiprāye kiyāphale wenn der Vortheil der Thätigkeit auf den Thäter gerichtet ist [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 3, 72.] —

2) m. a) Absicht, Vorhaben, Wunsch, Verlangen: saṃbhāramāharati goranabhiprāyādvanaspatīnām [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 7.] tasmātkathayāmyasya nijābhiprāyam [Pañcatantra 208, 14.] yataḥ sābhiprāyāṇi vacāṃsi śrūyante [?122, 13. Rāmāyaṇa 1, 75, 15. 4, 28, 2. 6, 10, 15. 16. Sāvitryupākhyāna 1, 13. 3, 7. Nalopākhyāna 9, 35. 24, 5. Brahmapurāṇa in Lassen’s Anthologie 50, 17. Śākuntala 21, 6. 34, 7. Vetālapañcaviṃśati 29, 16.] svacittābhi [Pañcatantra 209, 14.] hṛdayābhi [?16. pl. I, 174.] mit dem loc.: yadi tasyāmabhiprāyo bhāryārthaṃ tava jāyate [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 38, 21.] — b) Meinung, Ansicht [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 57.] [Pañcatantra 19, 13. 21. 150, 25.] [Sāhityadarpana 4, 11.] niveśayata me sainyamabhiprāyeṇa sarvataḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 83, 23.] ityabhiprāyaḥ dies ist die Meinung (des Autors), dies hat der Autor sagen wollen, am Ende einer Erklär. bei Scholiasten. Sinn, Inhalt: evamuccāvacairabhiprāyairṛṣīṇāṃ mantradṛṣṭayo bhavanti [Yāska’s Nirukta 7, 3.] — Nach den Lexicographen ( [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 20. 4, 91. 209.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1383.]) = chanda, āśaya, bhāva, ākūta, mata; abhiprāyāḥ = samudācārāḥ [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 26.]

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Abhiprāya (अभिप्राय):—

1) kartrabhiprāye könnte auch als adj. comp. aufgefasst werden; dann bedeutet abhiprāya die Richtung zu Jmd hin. Lies kriyāphale . —

2) a) abhiprāyaṃ yo viditvā tu bhartuḥ sarvāṇi kāryāṇi karotyatandrīḥ [Spr. 3543.] abhiprāyānusāreṇa [3545.] sarpāṇāṃ ca khalānāṃ ca abhiprāyā na sidhyanti [3200.] pāpābhiprāyaka adj. [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 34, 14.] — c) Betrachtung —, das Ansehen als [Vedānta lecture No. 23.] — d) blosser Schein: vivṛttyabhiprāyeṣu [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 4, 28. 14, 11.] Erscheinung, Phantom: tatra divyānabhiprāyāndadarśa [Mahābhārata 13, 2827.] — e) in der Dramatik die Darstellung einer Unmöglichkeit als solcher an einem Gleichnisse [Sāhityadarpana 434. 445], wo mit mehreren Hdschrr. abhūtārthasya st. adbhūtārthasya zu lesen ist.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Abhiprāya (अभिप्राय):—m.

1) Ziel. artrabhiprāya Adj. dessen Ziel der Agens ist [Pāṇini. 1,3,72.] —

2) Absicht , Wille [302,6.328,11.] [Indische sprüche 490.] —

3) Meinung , Ansicht.

4) Sinn , Bedeutung , Inhalt.

5) Auffassung — , Betrachtung als [258,19.2.259,20.] —

6) blosser Schein ; Erscheinung , Phantom.

7) in der Dramatik Darstellung einer Unmöglichkeit als solcher an einem Gleichniss.

8) = vivattyabhiprāya [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 14,11.]

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