vyāsa (m)
Meanings
- a Brāhman who recites or expounds the Purāṇas etc. in public
- a kind of drawl (as a fault in pronunciation)
- a short name of Vyāsatīrtha
- breadth
- detailed account
- diffusion
- division
- extension
- name of a celebrated mythical sage and author (often called Vedavyāsa and regarded as the original compiler and arranger of the Vedas)
- name of the Padapāṭha
- prolixity
- separation
- severing
- the diameter of a circle
- width
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