व्यास

See also: व्यस्

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यास (vyāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋjɑːs/, [ʋjäːs]

Noun

व्यास • (vyās) m

1. (geometry) diameter of a circle

Declension

Declension of व्यास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	व्यास vyās	व्यास vyās
oblique	व्यास vyās	व्यासों vyāsõ
vocative	व्यास vyās	व्यासो vyāso

Derived terms

• अर्धव्यास (ardhavyās)
• देवव्यास (devavyās)
• व्यासदेव (vyāsdev)
• व्यासीय (vyāsīya)

 

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱ্যাস (Assamese script)
• ᬯ᭄ᬬᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• ব্যাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ဝျာသ (Burmese script)
• વ્યાસ (Gujarati script)
• ਵ੍ਯਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦾꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ವ್ಯಾಸ (Kannada script)
• វ្យាស (Khmer script)
• ວ຺ຍາສ (Lao script)
• വ്യാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧠𑧇𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• ଵ୍ଯାସ (Odia script)
• ꢮ꣄ꢫꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• ව්‍යාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• வ்யாஸ (Tamil script)
• వ్యాస (Telugu script)
• วฺยาส (Thai script)
• ཝྱཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋjɑː.sɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋjɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

व्यास • (vyāsa) stem, m

1. (geometry) width, breadth, the diameter of a circle

Descendants

• Telugu: వ్యాసము (vyāsamu)

Proper noun

व्यास • (vyāsa) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) "arranger, compiler", Vyasa, a celebrated mythical sage and author (often called वेद-व्यास (veda-vyāsa) and regarded as the original compiler and arranger of the Vedas, वेदान्त-सूत्र (vedānta-sūtra)s &c.; he was the son of the sage पराशर (parāśara, “Parashara”) and सत्यवती (satyavatī), and half-brother of विचित्र-वीर्य (vicitra-vīrya) and भीष्म (bhīṣma); he was also called वादरायण (vādarāyaṇa) or बादरायण (bādarāyaṇa), and कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) from his dark complexion, and द्वैपायन (dvaipāyana) because he was brought forth by सत्यवती (satyavatī) on a द्वीप (dvīpa) or island in the Jumna; when grown up he retired to the wilderness to lead the life of a hermit, but at his mother's request returned to become the husband of विचित्र-वीर्य (vicitra-vīrya)'s two childless widows, by whom he was the father of the blind धृत-राष्ट्र (dhṛta-rāṣṭra) and of पाण्डु (pāṇḍu, “Pandu”); he was also the father of विदुर (vidura) [q.v.] by a slave girl, and of शुक (śuka), the supposed narrator of the Bhagavata Purana, he was also the supposed compiler of the Mahabharata, the Puranas, and other portions of Hindu sacred literature; but the name vyāsa seems to have been given to any great typical compiler or author)

Descendants

• Telugu: వ్యాసుడు (vyāsuḍu)