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विषय f. m. (ifc. f(आ). ; prob. either fr. √ 1.विष्, ‘to act’, or fr. वि + √ सि, ‘to extend’ cf. [Pāṇ. 8-3, 70] Sch. ) sphere (of influence or activity), dominion, kingdom, territory, region, district, country, abode (pl. = lands, possessions), [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c.
scope, compass, horizon, range, reach (of eyes, ears, mind &c.), [ŚāṅkhŚr.] ; [MBh.] &c.
period or duration (of life), [Pañcat.]
विषये special sphere or department, peculiar province or field of action, peculiar element, concern (ifc. = ‘concerned with, belonging to, intently engaged on’; , with gen. or ifc. = ‘in the sphere of, with regard or reference to’; अत्र विषये, ‘with regard to this object’), [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c.
space or room (sometimes = fitness) for (gen. ), [Kāv.] ; [Pañcat.]
इन्द्रिय an object of sense (these are five in number, the five , or organs of sense having each their proper विषय or object, viz. 1. शब्द, ‘sound’, for the ear cf. श्रुति-विषय; 2. स्पर्श, ‘tangibility’, for the skin; 3. रूप, ‘form’ or ‘colour’, for the eye; 4. रस, ‘savour’, for the tongue; 5. गन्ध, ‘odour’ for the nose: and these five विषयs are sometimes called the गुणs or ‘properties’ of the five elements, ether, air, fire, water, earth, respectively; cf. श्रुति-विषय-गुण), [Yājñ.] ; [Śaṃk.] ; [Sarvad.] ; [IW. 83]
a symbolical N. of the number ‘five’ [VarBṛS.]
anything perceptible by the senses, any object of affection or concern or attention, any special worldly object or aim or matter or business, (pl. ) sensual enjoyments, sensuality, [KaṭhUp.] ; [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c.
any subject or topic, subject-matter, [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c.
an object (as opp. to ‘a subject’), [Sarvad.]
a fit or suitable object (‘for’ dat. gen. , or comp. ), [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c.
विशय (in phil. ) the subject of an argument, category, general head (one of the 5 members of an अधिकरण [q.v.], the other 4 being or संशय, पूर्व-पक्ष, उत्तर-पक्ष or सिद्धा-न्त, and संगति or निर्णय), [Sarvad.]
un-organic matter, [IW. 73]
छन्दसि विषये (in gram.) limited or restricted sphere (e.g. , ‘only in the वेद’), [Kāś.] (ifc. = restricted or exclusively belonging to)
विषय (in rhet. ) the subject of a comparison (e.g. in the comp. ‘lotus-eye’ the second member is the , and the first the विषयिन्), [Kuval.] ; [Pratāp.]
a country with more than 100 villages, [L.]
a refuge, asylum, [W.]
a religious obligation or observance, ib.
a lover, husband, ib.
semen virile, ib.
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