viśaya | विशय | vizaya
viśaya | विशय | m. (ifc. f(A). ; prob. either fr. √ 1. viś | विश् |, ‘to act’, or fr. vi | वि | + √ si | सि |, ‘to extend’, cf. Pāṇ. viii, 3, 70, Sch.) sphere (of influence or activity), dominion, kingdom, territory, region, district, country, abode (pl. = lands, possessions), Mn.; MBh. &c.
scope, compass, horizon, range, reach (of eyes, ears, mind &c.), ŚāṅkhŚr.; MBh. &c.
period or duration (of life), Pañcat.
special sphere or department, peculiar province or field of action, peculiar element, concern (ifc. = ‘concerned with, belonging to, intently engaged on’; viśaye | विशये |, with gen. or ifc. = ‘in the sphere of, with regard or reference to’; atra viśaye | अत्र विशये |, ‘with regard to this object’), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
space or room (sometimes = fitness) for (gen.), Kāv.; Pañcat.
an object of sense (these are five in number, the five indriya | इन्द्रिय |, or organs of sense having each their proper viśaya | विशय | or object, viz. 1. ṣabda | षब्द |, ‘sound’, for the ear, cf. ṣruti-viśaya | ष्रुति-विशय |; 2. sparṣa | स्पर्ष |, ‘tangibility’, for the skin; 3. rūpa | रूप |, ‘form’ or ‘colour’, for the eye; 4. rasa | रस |, ‘savour’, for the tongue; 5. ganḍa | गन्ड |, ‘odour’ for the nose: and these five Viṣayas are sometimes called the Guṇas or ‘properties’ of the five elements, ether, air, fire, water, earth, respectively; cf. ṣruti-viśaya-guṛa | ष्रुति-विशय-गुऋअ |), Yājñ.; Śaṃk.; Sarvad.; IW. 83
a symbolical N. of the number ‘five’, VarBṛS.
anything perceptible by the senses, any object of affection or concern or attention, any special worldly object or aim or matter or business, (pl.) sensual enjoyments, sensuality, KaṭhUp.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
any subject or topic, subject matter, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
an object (as opp. to ‘a subject’), Sarvad.
a fit or suitable object (‘for’ dat. gen., or comp.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
(in phil.) the subject of an argument, category, general head (one of the 5 members of an Adhikaraṇa [q.v.], the other 4 being viṣaya | विषय | or saṃṣaya | संषय |, pūrva-pakśa | पूर्व-पक्श |, uttara-pakśa | उत्तर-पक्श | or sidḍānta | सिद्डान्त |, and saṃgati | संगति | or nirṛaya | निरृअय |), Sarvad.
inorganic matter, IW. 73
(in gram.) limited or restricted sphere (e.g. Candasi viśaye | Cअन्दसि विशये |, ‘only in the Veda’), Kāś. (ifc. = restricted or exclusively belonging to)
(in rhet.) the subject of a comparison (e.g. in the comp. ‘lotus-eye’ the second member is the viśaya | विशय |, and the first the viśayin | विशयिन् |), Kuval.; Pratāp.
a country with more than 100 villages, L.
a refuge, asylum, W.
a religious obligation or observance, ib.
a lover, husband, ib.
semen virile, ib.
scope, compass, horizon, range, reach (of eyes, ears, mind &c.), ŚāṅkhŚr.; MBh. &c.
period or duration (of life), Pañcat.
special sphere or department, peculiar province or field of action, peculiar element, concern (ifc. = ‘concerned with, belonging to, intently engaged on’; viśaye | विशये |, with gen. or ifc. = ‘in the sphere of, with regard or reference to’; atra viśaye | अत्र विशये |, ‘with regard to this object’), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
space or room (sometimes = fitness) for (gen.), Kāv.; Pañcat.
an object of sense (these are five in number, the five indriya | इन्द्रिय |, or organs of sense having each their proper viśaya | विशय | or object, viz. 1. ṣabda | षब्द |, ‘sound’, for the ear, cf. ṣruti-viśaya | ष्रुति-विशय |; 2. sparṣa | स्पर्ष |, ‘tangibility’, for the skin; 3. rūpa | रूप |, ‘form’ or ‘colour’, for the eye; 4. rasa | रस |, ‘savour’, for the tongue; 5. ganḍa | गन्ड |, ‘odour’ for the nose: and these five Viṣayas are sometimes called the Guṇas or ‘properties’ of the five elements, ether, air, fire, water, earth, respectively; cf. ṣruti-viśaya-guṛa | ष्रुति-विशय-गुऋअ |), Yājñ.; Śaṃk.; Sarvad.; IW. 83
a symbolical N. of the number ‘five’, VarBṛS.
anything perceptible by the senses, any object of affection or concern or attention, any special worldly object or aim or matter or business, (pl.) sensual enjoyments, sensuality, KaṭhUp.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
any subject or topic, subject matter, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
an object (as opp. to ‘a subject’), Sarvad.
a fit or suitable object (‘for’ dat. gen., or comp.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
(in phil.) the subject of an argument, category, general head (one of the 5 members of an Adhikaraṇa [q.v.], the other 4 being viṣaya | विषय | or saṃṣaya | संषय |, pūrva-pakśa | पूर्व-पक्श |, uttara-pakśa | उत्तर-पक्श | or sidḍānta | सिद्डान्त |, and saṃgati | संगति | or nirṛaya | निरृअय |), Sarvad.
inorganic matter, IW. 73
(in gram.) limited or restricted sphere (e.g. Candasi viśaye | Cअन्दसि विशये |, ‘only in the Veda’), Kāś. (ifc. = restricted or exclusively belonging to)
(in rhet.) the subject of a comparison (e.g. in the comp. ‘lotus-eye’ the second member is the viśaya | विशय |, and the first the viśayin | विशयिन् |), Kuval.; Pratāp.
a country with more than 100 villages, L.
a refuge, asylum, W.
a religious obligation or observance, ib.
a lover, husband, ib.
semen virile, ib.