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व्यास — diameter (Noun)

Monier–Williams

व्यास — {vy-āsa} m. severing, separation, division Sarvad##a kind of drawl (as a fault in pronunciation), ĀPrāt##extension, diffusion, prolixity, detailed account (instr##abl. and {-tas} ind. in detail, at length, fully) MBh. Suśr. BhP##width, breadth, the diameter of a circle, Śulbas. VarBṛS##'distributing, disjoining', N. of the Pada-pāṭha or, disjoined text' Aprāt##'arranger, compiler', N. of a celebrated mythical sage and author (often called Veda-vyāsa and regarded as the original compiler and arranger of the Vedas, Vedânta-sūtras &c##he was the son of the sage Parāśara and Satyavati, and half-brother of Vicitra-viirya and Bhīshma##he was also called Vādarāyaṇa or Baldarāyaṇa, and Kṛishṇa from his dark complexion, and Dvaipāyana because he was brought forth by Satyavatī on a Dviipa or island in the Jumnā##when grown up he retired to the wilderness to lead the life of a hermit, but at his mother's request returned to become the husband of Vicitra-viirya's two childless widows, by whom he was the father of the blind Dhṛita-rāshṭra and of Pāṇḍu ; he was also the father of Vidura {q.v.} by a slave girl, and of Śuka, the supposed narrator of the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, he was also the supposed compiler of the Mahā-bhārata, the Purāṇas, and other portions of Hindū sacred literature ; but the name Vyāsa seems to have been given to any great typical compiler or author) MBh. Hariv. Pur., 371, n. 2 ; 373 &c##a Brāhman who recites or expounds the Purāṇas &c. in public (= {pāṭhaka-brāhmaṇa}) MW##n. a bow weighing 100 Palas L

व्यास — {vy-āsa} &c. See p. 1035, col. 2