dvaya

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[apte] a. (yī f.) Two-fold, double, of two kinds or sorts; anupekṣaṇe dvayī gatiḥ Mu. 3; Bh. 2. 104 v. l.; sometimes used in pl. also; see Śi. 3. 57. --yaṃ 1 Pair, couple, brace; (usually at the end of comp.); dvitayena dvayameva saṃgataṃ R. 8. 6; 1. 19; 3. 8; 4. 4. --2 Two fold nature, duplicity. --3 Untruthfulness. --4 (In gram.) The masculine and feminine gender. --yī A pair, couple. --Comp. --atiga a. one whose mind is...

[mw] mf (I) n. (fr. and in comp = dvi) twofold, double, of 2 kinds or sorts RV.; AV.; Br.; MBh. &c (ye m. pl. S3is3. iii, 57) 503,2 98138 f. couple, pair Naish.; Ra1jat. 503,2 98138.1 n. couple, pair 503,2 98138.2 n. two things, both (e.g. tejo-, the 2 luminaries S3ak. iv, 2;) Ya1jn5.; MBh.; Ka1v. &c (ifc. ā R. i, 29, 14) 503,2 98138.3

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a. (yī f.) Two-fold, double, of two kinds or sorts; anupekṣaṇe dvayī gatiḥ Mu. 3; Bh. 2. 104 v. l.; sometimes used in pl. also; see Śi. 3. 57. --yaṃ 1 Pair, couple, brace;...

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 1,187
Texts Appeared In: 123

DCS: deprived of refuge | Monier-Williams: dvaya [ cf. Zd. dvaya ; Gk. δοιός .]

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Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: dvayam

tejo'tiśayayogasya hetutayā śatakratur vajrīti ca viśeṣaṇadvayam
Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: dvayam

kim anyad yatraitad dvitayaṃ pramāṇaprameyalakṣaṇaṃ tatra pramātṛpramityātmakam
Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: dvayaṃ

evaṃ bhinnaṃ labdhaṃ yad api dvayaṃ tadāpekṣikatvād asatyam