व्यसनम् [vyasanam] 1 Casting away, dispelling.
Separating, dividing.
Violation, infraction; शीलव्यसनमेतत्ते नाभिजाना- म्यहं पुरा
[Rām.2.12.57;] [Ki.3.45.] Loss, destruction, defeat, fall; defection, weak point; अमात्यव्यसनम्
[Pt.3;] स्वबलव्यसने
[Ki.13.15;] [Śi.2.57.] (a) A calamity, misfortune, distress, evil, disaster, ill-luck; अज्ञातभर्तृव्यसना मुहूर्तं कृतोपकारेव रतिर्बभूव
[Ku.3.73;4.3;] [R.12.57.] (b) Adversity, need; स सुहृद् व्यसने यः स्यात्
[Pt.1.327] 'a friend in need is a friend indeed'.
Setting (as of the sun &c.); तेजोद्वयस्य युगपद् व्यसनोदयाभ्याम्
[Ś.4.1] (where व्यसन means 'a fall' also).
Vice, bad practice, evil habit; मिथ्यैव व्यसनं वदन्ति मृगयामीदृग् विनोदः कुतः
[Ś.2.5;] [R.18.14;] [Y.1.31;] (these vices are usually said to be ten; see
[Ms.7.47-48] ); समानशीलव्यसनेषु सख्यम् Subhāṣ.
Close or intent application, assiduous devotion; विद्यायां व्यसनम्
[Bh.2.62,63.] Inordinate addiction.
Crime, sin.
Punishment.
Inability, incompetency.
Fruitless effort.
Air, wind.
Individuality. -Comp.
-अतिभारः heavy calamity or distress; सा मुक्तकण्ठं व्यसनातिभारात् (चक्रन्द)
[R.14.68.] -अन्वित,
-आर्त, -पीडित a. a. overtaken by calamity, involved in distress.
-आवापः an abode of calamity; व्यसनावाप एतस्मिन् पतितानां स्वकर्मभिः
[Bhāg.4.22.13.] -कालः time of need.
-प्रहारिन् a.
hurting, attacking, giving trouble.
striking (an enemy) in his weak point.-ब्रह्मचारिन् a fellow-sufferer.
-वर्गः an aggregate of calamities; प्रकृतिव्यसनवर्गः
[Kau.A.7.] -संस्थित a. a. one who indulges in any whim.