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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryViparyyaya (विपर्य्यय) or Viparyaya.—m.
(-yaḥ) 1. Contrariety, opposition. 2. Reverse in general, and thence applied to that of which reverse is predicated, as misery, calamity, (the reverse of fortune;) error, misapprehension, (the reverse of reason or truth;) inverted order or succession, (the reverse that which is usual or prescribed,) &c. 3. Destruction, annihilation. 4. Perverseness of disposition. 5. Change of purpose or conduct. 6. Enmity, hostility. 7. Absence, non-existence. 8. Exchange, barter. E. vi and pari implying reverse, and iṇ to go, aff. ac; also with ghañ aff. viparyāya m. (-yaḥ) .
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Viparyyāya (विपर्य्याय) or Viparyāya.—m.
(-yaḥ) Contrariety, &c.: see viparyaya.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Ends with: Karmmaviparyyaya.
Full-text: Viparyaya.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
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The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
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