Arya a. [ f-Ryat ] 1 Āryan. 2 Worthy of an Ārya. 3 Worthy, venerable, respectable, honourable, noble, high; yadAryamasyAmaBilAzi me manaH Ś. 1. 22 ; so AryavezaH respectable dress; oft. used in theatrical language as an honorific adjective and a respectful mode of address; AryacARakyaH, AryA aruMDatI &c.; Arya revered or honoured Sir; Arye revered or honoured lady. The following rules are laid down for the use of Arya in addressing persons:- (1) vAcyO nawIsUtraDArAvAryanAmnA parasparaM . (2) vayasyetyuttamErvAcyo mavyErAryeti cAgrajaH . (3) ( vaktavyo ) amAtya Aryeti GetarEH . (4) svecCayA nAmamiviMprEviMpra Aryeti cetarEH . S. D. 431. 4 Noble, fine, excellent. — ryaH 1 N. of the Hindu and Iranian people, as distinguished from anArya, dasyu and dAsaH vijAnIhyAryAvye ca darayavaH Rv. 1. 51. 8. 2 A man who is faithful to the religion and laws of his country; kartavyamAcaran kAryamakartavyamanAcaran . tizWati prakftAcAre sa vA Arya iti smftaH .. . 3 N. of the first three castes (as opp. to SUdra ). 4 A respectable or honourable man, esteemed person; vfttena hi BavatyAryo na Danena na vidyayA Mb. 5 A man of noble birth. 6 A man of noble character. 7 A master, owner. 8 A preceptor. 9 A friend. 10 ( pb ) A Vaiśya. 11 A father-in-law (as in AryapuMtra ). 12 A Buddha. 13 (With the Buddhists) A man who has thought on the four chief principles of Buddhism and lives according to them. 14 A son of Manu Sāvarṇa. — ryA 1 N. of Pārvatī. 2 A mother-in-law. 3 A respectable woman. 4 N. of a metre, see Appendix. Comp. — azwaSataM title of a work of Ārya Bhaṭṭa consisting of eight hundred verses. — AvartaH [ AryA AvartaMte atra ] ‘abode of the noble or excellent (Āryas);’ particularly N. of the tract extending from the eastern to the western ocean, and bounded on the north and south by the Himālaya and Vindhya respectively; cf. Ms. 2. 22 ; AsamudrAttu vE pUrvAdAsamudrAcca paScimAt . tayorevAMtaraM giryoH (himavadviMDyayoH) AryAvartaM vidurbuDAH ; also 10. 34. — gfhya a. [ Aryasya gfhyaH pakzaH ] 1 to be respected by the noble 2 a friend of the noble, readily accessible to honourable men; tamAryagfhyaM nigfhItaDenuH R. 2. 33. 3 respectable, right, decorous. — deSaH a country inhabited by the Āryas. — putraH 1 son of an honourable man. 2 the son of a spiritual preceptor. 3 honorific designation of the son of the elder brother; of a husband by his wife; or of a prince by his general &c. 4 the son of the father-in-law, i. e. a husband (occurring in every drama; mostly in the vocative case in the last two senses). — prAya a. 1 inhabited by the Āryas. 2 abounding with respectable people. — BawwaH N. of a renowned astronomer, the inventor of Algebra among the Hindus; he flourished before the 5th century of the Christian era. — BAvaH honourable character or behaviour. — mArgaH the path or course of the respectable, a respectable way. — miSra a. respectable, worthy, distinguished. — (SraH) a gentleman, a man of consequence; ( pl. ) 1 worthy or respectable men, an assembly of honourable men; AryamiSrAn vijYApayAmi V. 1. 2 your reverence or honour (a respectful address); nanvAryamiSrEH praTamameva AjYaptaM Ś. 1 ; AryamiSrAH pramARaM M. 1. — yuvan m. an Āryan youth. — rUpa a. having only the form of an Āryan, a hypocrite, ( pb ) impostor. — liMgin m. an impostor; Ms. 9. 260. — vftta a. virtuous, good, pious; Ms. 9. 253 ; R. 14. 55. — (ttaM) the conduct of an Āryan or nobleman; Ms. 4. 175. — veSa a. well-clothed, having a respectable dress, fine. — vrata a. observing the laws and ordinances of the Āryans or noblemen. — (taM) the duty of an Āryan. — SvetaH a noble or honourable man. — saMGaH the whole body of the Āryans. — satyaM a noble or sublime truth; (there are four such truths forming the chief principles of Buddhism). — halaM ind. [ cf. P. I. 1. 47 ] forcibly. — hfdya a. liked by the noble.