विषय 1 An object of sense; (these are five, corresponding to the five organs of sense; रूप, रस, गंध, स्पर्श and शब्द corresponding to the eye, tongue, nose, skin, and ear); श्रुतिविषयगुणा या स्थिता व्याप्य विश्वं S. 1. 1.
2 A worldly object or concern, an affair, a transaction.
3 The pleasures of sense, worldly or sensual objects (usually in pl.) यौवने विषयैषिणां R. 1. 8; शब्दादीन् वि षयान्भोक्तुं 10. 25; विषयव्यावृत्तकौतूहलः V. 1. 9; निर्विष्टविषयस्नेहः 12. 1, 3. 70, 8. 10, 19. 49; Bg. 2. 59.
4 An object, a thing, matter; नार्यो न ज- ग्मुर्विषयांतराणि R. 7. 12, 8. 89.
5 An object or thing aimed at, mark, object; भूयिष्ठमन्यविषया न तु दृष्टिरस्याः S. 1. 31; Śi. 9. 40.
6 Scope, range, reach, compass; सौमित्रेरपि प- त्रिणामविषये तत्र प्रिये क्वासि भोः U. 3. 45; यस्मिन्नीश्वर इत्यनन्यविषयः शब्दो य- थार्थाक्षरः V. 1. 1; सकलवचनानामवि- षयः Māl. 1. 30, 36; U. 5. 19; Ku. 6. 17.
7 Department, sphere, province, field, element; सर्वत्रौदरिकस्या- भ्यवहार्यमेव विषयः V. 3.
8 A subject, subject-matter, topic; अयि मलयज महिमायं कस्य गिरामस्तु विषयस्ते Bv. 1. 11; so शृंगारविषयको ग्रंथः ‘treating of love’.
9 The topic or subject to be explained, general head; the first of the five members of an Adhikaraṇa q. v.
10 A place, spot; परिसरविषयेषु लीढमुक्ताः Ki. 5. 38.
11 A country, realm, domain, territory, district, kingdom; Pt. 2. 2.
12 A refuge, an asylum.
13 A collection of villages.
14 A lover, husband.
15 Semen virile.
16 A religious observance.
17 A symbolical expression for the number ‘five.’ (विषये means ‘with regard or reference to,’ ‘in respect of’, ‘in the case of’, ‘regarding’, ‘cancerning’; या तत्रास्ते युवति- विषये सृष्टिराद्येव धातुः Me. 82; स्त्रीणा विषये; धनविषये &c.).
−Comp.
−अ- भिरतिः 1. attachment to objects of sense or worldly pleasures; Ki. 6. 44; so ºअभिलाषः Ki. 3. 13. −आ- त्मक a. 1. consisting of worldly objects. −2. carnal, sensual. −आसक्त,
−निरत a. addicted to sensual objects, sensualist, worldly-minded. −आस- क्तिः −उपसेवा, −निरतिः f.
−प्रसंगः addiction to pleasures of sense, sensuality.
−एषिन् a. addicted to worldly objects; R. 1. 8.
−ग्रामः the collection of the objects of sense.
−सुखं the pleasures of sense.