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अयन mfn. amfn. going, [VS. xxii, 7] ; [Nir.] अयन n. n. walking, a road, a path, [RV. iii, 33, 7&c.] (often ifc. cf. नैमिषा-यन, पुरुषा-यण, प्रशमा-यन, समुद्रा-यण, स्वेदा-यन), (in astron. ) advancing, precession, [Sūryas.] अन्गिरसाम् (with gen. [e.g. , आदित्या॑नाम्, गवाम्, &c.] or ifc. ) ‘course, circulation’, N. of various periodical sacrificial rites, [AV.] ; [ŚBr.] &c. the sun's road north and south of the equator, the half year, [Mn.] &c., the equinoctial and solstitial points, [VarBṛS.] &c. way, progress, manner, [ŚBr.] place of refuge, [Mn. i, 10] शास्त्र a treatise (cf. ज्योतिषाम्-अयन), [L.] अयन b See √ अय्, col. 2.
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