aDyAya a. [ i-GaY P. III. 3. 21 ] (At the end of comp. ) A reader, student, one who studies; vedADyAyaH a student of the Vedas; so maMtra°-yaH 1 Reading, learning, study, especially of the Vedas; praSAMtADyAyasatkaTA ( nagarI ) Rām. 2 Proper time for reading or for a lesson; °jYAH pracakzate Ms. 4. 102 , see anaDyAya also. 3 A lesson, lecture; aDIyate'smin aDyAyaH P. III. 3. 122 ; so svADyAyo'DyetavyaH 4 A chapter, a large division of a work, such as of the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, Manu Smṛti, Pāṇini's Sūtras &c. The following are some of the names used by Sanskrit writers to denote chapters or divisions of works: — sargo vargaH paricCedodGAtADyAyAMkasaMgrahAH . ucCvAsaH parivartaSca pawalaH kAMqamAnanaM . sTAnaM prakaraRaM cEva parvollAsAhnikAni ca . skaMDAMSO tu purARAdO prAyaSaH parikIrtitO ..