aByAsaH 1 Repetition in general; vyAKyAtA vyAKyAtA iti padAByAso' DyAyaparisamAptiM dyotayati Ś. B. ; nAByAsakramamIkzate Pt. 1. 151 ; Ms. 12. 74 ; Y. 3. 323. 2 Repeated practice or exercise, continued practice or use; avirataSramAByAsAt K. 30 , Pt. 1. 133 ; aByAsena tu kOMteya vErAgyeRa ca gfhyate Bg. 6. 35 , 44 by constant practice (to remain pure and unmodified); 12. 12 ; yoga° Y. 3. 51 practice of concentration; hence sometimes used for ‘concentration of mind upon one subject’; °nigfhItena manasA R. 10. 23 ; so Sara°, astra° &c. 3 Habit, custom, practice; miTyopapadAt kfYo'ByAse P. I. 3. 71 ; tad yaTAByAsaM aBiDIyatAM U. 1 therefore address me as is your wont; amaMgalAByAsaratiM Ku. 5. 65 ; Y. 3. 68. 4 Discipline in arms, exercise, military discipline. 5 Reciting, study, repeated reading or learning by heart; kAvyajYaSikzayAByAsaH K. P. 1 ; K. 146 , 200 ; Ms. 5. 4 ; veda° is of 5 kinds: - vedasvIkaraRaM pUrvaM vicAro'ByasanaM japaH . taddAnaM cEva SizyeByo vedAByAso hi paMcaDA .. Dakṣa. 6 Vicinity, proximity, neighbourhood (for aByASa ); cUtayazwirivAByAse (Se) maDO paraBftonmuKI Ku. 6. 2 ; ( aByAse-Se maDO must mean here speaking to ‘Madhu who was near her,’ scil. by having manifested himself before her, which fully preserves the simile of Pārvatī, herself silent, speaking to her lover who was near her through her friend); arpiteyaM tavAByAse sItA puRyavratA vaDUH U. 7. 17 given in your charge; Śi. 3. 40 ; aByAsA-SA-dAgataH P. II. 1. 38 Sk. (regarded as an Aluk compound). 7 (In gram. ) Reduplication. 8 The first syllable of a reduplicated base, reduplicative syllable; pUrvo'ByAsaH P. VI. 1. 4 ; atra ye dve vihite tayoH pUrvo'ByAsasaMjYaH syAt Sk. 9 (In Math. ) Multiplication. 10 (In poetry) Repetition of the last verses or lines (as of a chorus); chorus, burden of a song. Comp. — gata a. approached, ( pb ) gone near. — parivartin a. wandering about or near. — yogaH abstraction of mind resulting from continuous deep meditation; aByAsayogena tato mAmicCAptuM DanaMjaya Bg. 12. 9. — lopaH dropping of the reduplicative syllable. — vyavAyaH interval caused by the reduplicative syllable; °yepi though separated by this syllable.