Adhy-āya, as, m. a lesson, lecture, chapter; reading; proper time for reading or for a lesson; (at the close of comp. words) a reader, student, as Vedādhyāya, a reader or student of the Vedas. —Adhyāya-śata-pāṭha, as, m. an index of the One Hundred Chapters, N. of a work.
adhyāyaa. [i-ghañ P. III. 3. 21] (At the end of comp.) A reader, student, one who studies; vedādhyāyaḥ a student of the Vedas; so maṃtra° yaḥ1 Reading, learning, study, especially of the Vedas; praśāṃtādhyāyasatkathā ( nagarī) Rām. 2 Proper time for reading or for a lesson; °jñāḥ pracakṣate Ms. 4. 102, see anadhyāya also. 3 A lesson, lecture; adhīyate'smin adhyāyaḥ P. III. 3. 122; so svādhyāyo'dhyetavyaḥ 4 A chapter, a large division of a work, such as of the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, Manu Smṛti, Pāṇini's Sūtras &c. The following are some of the names used by Sanskrit writers to denote chapters or divisions of works: —sargo vargaḥparicchedodghātādhyāyāṃkasaṃgrahāḥ . ucchvāsaḥ parivartaśca paṭalaḥkāṃḍamānanaṃ . sthānaṃ prakaraṇaṃ caiva parvollāsāhnikāni ca .skaṃdhāṃśau tu purāṇādau prāyaśaḥ parikīrtitau ..
adhyāyaa. [i-ghañ P.III.3.21] (At the end of comp.) A reader, student, one who studies; vedādhyāyaḥ a student of the Vedas; so mantra˚ -yaḥ 1 Reading, learning, study, especially of the Vedas; praśāntādhyāyasatkathā (nagarī) Rām. -2 Proper time for reading or for a lesson; ˚jñāḥ pracakṣate Ms.4.102, see anadhyāya also. -3 A lesson, lecture; adhīyate'smin adhyāyaḥ P.III.3.122; so svādhyāyo'dhyetavyaḥ. -4 A chapter, a large division of a work, such as of the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, Manusmṛiti, Pāṇini's Sūtras &c. The following are some of the names used by Sanskrit writers to denote chapters or divisions of works :--sargo vargaḥ paricchedodghātādhyāyāṅka- saṃgrahāḥ | ucchvāsaḥ parivartaśca paṭalaḥ kāṇḍamānanam | sthānaṃ prakaraṇaṃ caiva parvollāsāhnikāni ca | skandhāṃśau tu purāṇādau prāyaśaḥ parikīrtitau ||
adhyāyá (von i mit adhi) P. 3, 3, 21. 122. 6, 2, 144.
1) adj. der da liest; belesen: vedādhyāyaḥ P. 3, 2, 1, Sch. mantramadhītavānmantrādhyāyaḥ SIDDH. K. zu P.3,2,89.
— 2) m.
a) das Lesen: iṣṭadevatāmantrādhyāyenātmānaṃ rākṣasāt - rarakṣa PAÑCAT. 183, 9. insbesondere der heiligen Schriften: praśāntādhyāyasatkathā - nagarī R. 2, 48, 27.
— b) die für das Lesen der heiligen Schriften angemessene Zeit: adhyāyajña M. 4, 102. anadhyāyadie Zeit, in der nicht gelesen werden darf M. 2, 105. 106. 4, 103. 104. 106-108. 117. 118. 126. du. 4, 102. 127. pl. 101.
— c) ein grösserer Abschnitt in einem Werke, lectio (z. B. im Ṛgveda, Pāṇini, Manu) AK. 3, 4, 23. TRIK. 3, 2, 24. KĀTY. ŚR. 18, 1, 1. BṚH. DEV. 4, 20. in Ind. St. I, 111. fgg. Wird nach dem Ṛṣi benannt P. 4, 3, 69. nach einem darin vorkommenden Worte 5, 2, 60-62. Am Ende eines comp. f. ī, z. B. pañcādhyāyī MADHUS. in Ind. St. I, 18, 23. Accent im comp. gaṇa guṇādi .