vyAja
vy-Aja m. (rarely n. ifc. f( A ). ; fr. vy-√ aYj , to smear over; cf. √ ac ) deceit, fraud, deception, semblance, appearance, imitation, disguise, pretext, pretence ( ibc. ‘treacherously, falsely’, also = ifc. ‘having only the appearance of, appearing as, simulated, deceitful, false’; instr. and abl. ‘treacherously, deceitfully’, ‘under the pretext or guise of’), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.