Aharya, Āⲹ, ⲹ: 19 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraĀⲹ (आहार्य) refers to “costumes and make-up� and forms a part of abhinaya (techniques of representation), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 8. Abhinaya is used in communicating the meaning of the drama (ṭy) and calling forth the sentiment (rasa).
: archive.org: Illustrations of Indian Music and Dance in Western Indian Style (natya)Āharya (आहर्�) or Բⲹ refers to the first of four categories of abhinaya (histrionic representation). Āharya deals with costumes, ornaments, make-up and decorations. Abhinaya is the imitation of the thing seen by self or is an expression of sentiment experienced by oneself.
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)Āⲹ (आहार्य) or Āhāryābhinaya refers to one of the four divisions of Abhinaya or “ways to convey or represent one’s emotion to others� (in Sanskrit Drama), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—Abhinaya (“acting�) is of four varieties, according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa. Āⲹ-abhinaya is conveyed by decoration or ornamentation. In the Nāṭyaśāstra, it is said that the entire production of a play depends on ⲹ-Բⲹ and the extraneous representation deals with the rules of costumes and make-up. Till today, this process is followed and the actors go for their make-up in the greenroom which is generally situated in the back stage.
: Shodhganga: Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (ns)Āⲹ (आहार्य) refers to “ornaments� according to the Saṅgītanārāyaṇa (Vol. II, p.482) and the Saṅgītārṇavacandrika (1995: p.219).
Puruṣottama Miśrā first makes a general classification of ornaments (ⲹ) into�
- 屹ⲹ (pierced),
- Իīⲹ (fastened),
- ṣeⲹ (worn) and
- ropita (set).
Then he gives the definitions for each along with a few examples. This is followed by the names of ornaments that are to be worn on different body parts. Puruṣottama Miśra lists out all these ornaments and then says that each of these ornaments has been described in detail in the work ‘Kohalīya�. And therefore, he says, he shall not be venturing to do the same for fear that his work will become too unwieldy in size.

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexĀⲹ (आहार्य).—An Aṅgirasa and a Գٰṛt1 Father of Urukṣava.2

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantuⲹ (अहार्य) is synonymous with Mountain (ś) and is mentioned in a list of 24 such synonyms according to the second chapter (ṇy徱-) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains [viz., ⲹ], jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryⲹ (आहार्य).—a S (To be brought.) Assumed, feigned, brought or taken up hypothetically; conceived or supposed (with implication of falseness or error).
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishⲹ (आहार्य).�a Assumed, feigned, supposed.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryⲹ (अहार्य).�a.
1) Not to be stolen, removed, or taken away; अहार्य� व्राह्मणद्रव्य� राज्ञा� नित्यमित� स्थिति� (aⲹ� vrāhmaṇadravya� rājñā� nityamiti sthiti�) Manusmṛti 9.189.
2) Not to be won over (by fraud), devoted, loyal; Manusmṛti 7.217.
3) Firm, unflinching, inexorable; °:निश्चय� (Ծś) Daśakumāracarita 41. विमुच्� साऽऽहारमहार्यनिश्चया (vimucya sā''hāramaⲹԾś) Kumārasambhava 5.8. °विक्रम (vikrama) a. Bhāgavata 3.18.2.
-ⲹ� A mountain; °tā, -tvam not being liable to be taken away, security; सर्वद्रव्येष� विद्यै� द्रव्यमाहुरनुत्तमम� � अहार्यत्वात् (sarvadravyeṣu vidyaiva dravyamāhuranuttamam | aⲹtvāt)... H. Pr.4.
See also (synonyms): ṇīy.
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Āⲹ (आहार्य).�pot. p.
1) To be taken or seized. अनीहय� गताहार्यनिर्वर्तितनिजक्रिय� (anīhayā gatⲹnirvartitanijakriya�) Bhāgavata 1.86.14.
2) To be fetched or brought near.
3) To be extracted or removed.
4) To be pervaded (ⲹ).
5) Artificial, adventitious, incidental, external, accessary; आहार्यशोभारहितैरमायै� (ⲹśobhārahitairamāyai�) Bk. 2.14; � रम्यमाहार्यमपेक्षत� गुणम� (na ramyamⲹmapekṣate guṇam) Kirātārjunīya 4.23; निसर्गसुभगस्� किमा- हार्यकाडम्बरेण (nisargasubhagasya kimā- ⲹkāḍambareṇa) Malli. on Kumārasambhava 7.2.
6) Purposed, intended (as for instance, the identification or DZ貹 of ܱ貹Բ or upameya in ū貹첹 of which the speaker is fully cognisant); अय� चन्द्र� मुखमित्याद� चन्द्रभिन्ने मुखे चन्द्राभेदज्ञानं तच्चाहार्यमे� (aya� candro mukhamityādau candrabhinne mukhe candrābhedajñāna� taccⲹmeva) Tv.
7) Conveyed or effected by decoration or ornamentation, one of the 4 kinds of अभिन� (abhinaya) q. v.
8) To be eaten.
9) To be worshipped (as Agni).
-ⲹ� A kind of bandage (bandha).
-ryam 1 Any disease to be treated by means of extracting.
2) Extraction.
3) A vessel.
4) The ornamentative part of the drama, such as dress, decoration &c.
-śDz Adventitious beauty (not natural).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryⲹ (अहार्य) or Ahāryya.—mfn.
(-ⲹ�-ryā-rya�) Not to be stolen or taken away. m.
(-ⲹ�) A mountain. E. a neg. and ⲹ future part. of ṛ� to take or convey.
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Āⲹ (आहार्य) or Āhāryya.—mfn.
(-ⲹ�-ryā-rya�) 1. Adventitious, accessary, incidental. 2. To be taken or seized. 3. To be eaten. m.
(-ⲹ�) The ornamentative part of the drama, the dress, decorations, &c. E. � before ṛ� to convey, ṇy aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryⲹ (अहार्य).—not to be taken or stolen; unalterable, incorruptible.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ⲹ (अहार्य):—[=a-ⲹ] [from a-hara] mfn. not to be stolen, not to be removed, [Manu-smṛti ix, 189]
2) [v.s. ...] unalterable (as a resolution or the mind etc.), [Mahābhārata v, 953; Kumāra-sambhava v, 8; Daśakumāra-carita] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] not to be bribed, [Manu-smṛti vii, 217; Mahābhārata]
4) [v.s. ...] m. a mountain, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of a king, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
6) Āⲹ (आहार्य):—[=ā-ⲹ] [from -�] mfn. to be taken or seized
7) [v.s. ...] to be fetched or brought near, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Manu-smṛti]
8) [v.s. ...] to be extracted or removed, [Suśruta]
9) [v.s. ...] to be taken or eaten
10) [v.s. ...] what may be removed, adventitious, accessory, incidental, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of bandage, [Suśruta]
12) [v.s. ...] n. any disease to be treated by the operation of extracting
13) [v.s. ...] extraction, [Suśruta]
14) [v.s. ...] a vessel, [Atharva-veda ix, 1, 23; 6, 18]
15) [v.s. ...] the decorative part of a drama (the press, decorations, etc.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ⲹ (अहार्य):—[a-ⲹ] (ryya�-ryya-ryya�) a. Not to be stolen. m. A mountain.
2) Āⲹ (आहार्य):�(ⲹ�) 1. m. Ornamentative part of a drama. a. Adventitious.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Āⲹ (आहार्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ā.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryĀⲹ (आहार्य) [Also spelled ahary]:�(a) consumable, eatables; artificial (as [abhinaya]).
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusⲹ (ಅಹಾರ್ಯ):—[adjective] that cannot be snatched away plundered or robbed of.
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ⲹ (ಅಹಾರ್ಯ):—[noun] a mountain.
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Āⲹ (ಆಹಾರ್ಯ):—[noun] (dance) expression of the feelings more by the costumes that are used for the purpose.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryĀⲹ (आहार्य):—adj. 1. to be taken/seized; 2. to be fetched/brought near; 3. to be extracted/removed; 4. to be pervaded; 5. edible; 6. conveyed/effected by decoration/ornamentation;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with: Aharyabhinaya, Aharyaharini, Aharyajnana, Aharyaka, Aharyanishrcaya, Aharyapadaka, Aharyaropa, Aharyashobha, Aharyatva.
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