mf(ā-)n. (according to to fr.sū-;perhaps for skavya-confer, compareGreek , column 3) left, left hand (am-, /ena-, /ā-e-,and in the beginning of a compound,"on the left") etc.
n. (scilicetyajñopavīta-) the sacred thread worn over the left shoulder (accusative withkṛ-,"to put the sacred thread over the left shoulder") ([accord. to some for skavya-, confer, compareGreek ; Latin scaevus; according to to others for syavya-confer, compareSlavonic or Slavonian s8uji7]).
m. (in philosophy) an argument wide of the mark or incompatible with the conclusion drawn from it, an allegation proving too much (one of the hetv-ābhāsa-s q.v), a too general middle term (as"fire"to prove smoke)
सव्य a. [Uṇ4.19] 1 Left, left-hand; सव्ये प्राचीन- आवीती निवीती कण्ठसज्जने Ms.2.63. -2 Southern. -3 Contrary, backward, reverse; प्रदक्षिणं च सव्यं च ग्राममध्ये च नाचरेत् Mb.12.278.7. -4 Right. -5 Dry, not sprinkled with ghee (अनभिघृत); सव्यशब्दो रूक्षे भाष्यते । सव्या वपा इत्यनभिघृततां दर्शयति ŚB. on MS.4.1.36. -व्यः An epithet of Viṣṇu. -व्यम् ind. The usual position of the sacred thread when it hangs down over the left shoulder; cf. अपसव्य. -Comp. -अपसव्य a. 1 left and right. -2 Wrong and right, -इतर a. right; सव्येतरेण स्फुरता तदक्ष्णा R.14.49. -जानु n. a mode of fighting (by using the left knee). -बाहु n. a mode of fighting with the left arm. -साचिन् m. an epithet of Arjuna; निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन् Bg.11. 33.; (the name is thus derived in Mb.:-- उभौ मे दक्षिणौ पाणी गाण्डीवस्य विकर्षणे । तेन देवमनुष्येषु सव्यसाचीति मां विदुः ॥).
अपसव्य सव्यक a. 1 Not on the left, right; मण्डलान्य- पसव्यानि खगाश्चक्रू रथं प्रति Rām.6.57.34 अपसव्येन हस्तेन Ms. 3.214. -2 Contrary, opposite यद्येतदपसव्यं ते वचो मम भविष्यति Mb.5.138.27. -व्यम् ind. To the right, making the sacred thread hang down towards the left part of the body over the right shoulder (opp. सव्यम् when it hangs over the left); a position of the thread in Śrāddha or other religious ceremonies at particular times of those ceremonies (the three positions being सव्य, निवीत & अपसव्य); प्राचीनावीतिना सम्यगपसव्यमतन्द्रिणा । पित्र्यमानिधनात्कार्यं विधिवद्दर्भपाणिना ॥ Ms.3.279; ˚व्यं कृ to go round one so as to keep the right side towards him; to make the sacred thread hang over the right shoulder.
a. left: -m, in. (V. also &asharp;), lc., °ree;--, ad. on the left; m. left hand or arm (V., C.); left foot (S.); n. (sc. yagñopavîta) sa cred thread worn over the left shoulder: -m kri, put the sacred thread over the left shoulder.
a. pained, afflicted, grieved; -vyapatrapa, a. shy, embarrassed; -vyapek sha, a. requiring, dependent on (--°ree;); -vya bhikâra, a. liable to inaccuracy, inexact; m. indefiniteness.
Are all various forms of the word for ‘car-fighter,’ as opposed to Sārathi, ‘charioteer,’ showing that, as was natural, the fighter stood on the left of the driver. The commentators are inclined to see in the Savyaṣthā merely another ‘charioteer/ but this is quite unjustifiable, and is perhaps due to later caste prejudice against a śūdra charioteer.
adjective backward (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
contrary (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
left (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
left hand (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
opposite to left (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reverse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
right (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
right hand (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
south (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
southern (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (in phil.) an argument wide of the mark or incompatible with the conclusion drawn from it (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a too general middle term (as "fire" to prove smoke) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an allegation proving too much (one of the Hetvābhāsas) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various Nyāya wks (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective dependent on or connected with (comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
presupposing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
requiring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of Arjuna (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Kṛṣṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Terminalia Arjuna (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective contrary (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
favourable (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reverse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to the left side (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
turned towards the left (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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