व्यय a. Liable to change, mutable, perishable; cf. अव्यय.
−यः
1 (a) Loss, disappearance, destruction; आपाद्यते न व्ययमंतरायैः कच्चिन्म- हर्षेस्त्रविधं तपस्पत् R. 5. 5, 12. 23. (b) Cost, sacrifice; प्राणव्ययेनापि मया विधेयः Māl. 4. 5. Ku. 3. 23.
2 Hindrance, obstacle; भूयस्तपोव्य- यो मा भूत् R. 15. 37.
3 Decay, decline, overthrow, downfall.
4 Expenditure, expense, outlay, spend ing, applying to use (opp. आय); आये दुःख व्यये दुःख धिगर्थाः कष्टसंश्र- याः Pt. 1. 163; आयधिकं व्ययं क- रोति ‘he lives beyond his means’; R. 5. 12, 15. 3; Ms. 9. 11.
5 Extravagance, prodigality.
−Comp.
−पर a. lavish in expenditure; Pt. 5. 61.
−पराङ्मुख a. stingy, niggardly.
−शील a. spendthrift, prodigal.
−शुद्धिः f. derfraying of expenses.