adjective & neuter · dvaya 1 · dvaya 2
dvaya ( nt. ), (sexual) coupling, copulation : sa nehaiva mātṛgrāmeṇa sārdhaṃ dvayaṃ samāpadyate Śikṣ 76.8 , he does not by any means enter into copulation with a woman ; dvaya-dvaya-samāpattiḥ Mvy 9469 , copulation , lit. attaining (entering into, sc. a state of) couple by couple .
(adjective) twofold, double, of two kinds; (neuter) a pair, two things; double meaning, falsehood, duplicity
Dvaya (adjective/noun) [Vedic dvaya; cf. dvi B I. 6] (adjective) (a) two-fold Snp 886 (saccaṃ musā ti dvayadhammaṃ); Dhp 384; Pv IV 1 29 (dvayaṃ vipākaṃ = duvidhaṃ Pv-a 228). — advaya single A V 46. (b) false, deceitful Vin III 21. — neuter a duality, a pair, couple S II 17 (°ṃ nissito loko); Ja III 395 (gātha°); Pv-a 19 (māsa°); Dhp-a II 93 (pada° two lines, "couplet"). -kārin "doing both," i.e. both good and evil deeds (su° and duccaritaṃ) S III 241, cf. 247 f.; D III 96.
【中】 一對，夫婦，二數。
dvaya a. ( yI f. ) Twofold, double, of two kinds or sorts; anupekzaRe dvayI gatiH Mu. 3 ; Bh. 2. 104 v. l. ; sometimes used in pl. also; see Śi. 3. 57. — yaM 1 Pair, couple, brace; (usually at the end of comp. ); dvitayena dvayameva saMgataM R. 8. 6 ; 1. 19 ; 3. 8 ; 4. 4. 2 Two fold nature, duplicity. 3 Untruthfulness. 4 (In gram. ) The masculine and feminine gender. — yI A pair, couple. Comp. — atiga a. one whose mind is freed from the influence of the two bad qualities rajas and tamas , a saint or a virtuous man. — Atmaka a. of a twofold nature. — vAdin a. doubletongued, insincere. — hIna a. of the neuter gender.
(adj, adj, from dvi) twofold; dual; double Construction: dvi > dvay + *a
(nt, nt, from dvi) duality; two things; pair; couple; dyad pair, couple, dyad Construction: dvi > dvay + *a