व्याज 1 Deceit, trick, deception. fraud.
2 Art, cunning; अव्याजमनो- हरं वपुः Ś. 1. 18 ‘artlessly lovely.’
3 A pretext, pretence, semblance; ध्यान- व्याजमुपेत्य Nāg. 1. 1; R. 4. 25, 58; 10. 76; 11. 66.
4 An artifice, a device, contrivance; व्याजार्धसंदर्शितमेखलानि R. 13. 42.
5 Wickedness, depravity.
−Comp.
−उक्तिः f. 1. a figure of speech in which what is apparently the effect of one cause is intentionally ascribed to another; in other words, where a feeling is dissembled by being attributed to a different cause; see K. P. 10 under व्याजोक्ति. −2. covert allusion, insinuation.
−निंदा artful censure.
−सुप्त a. feigning to be asleep. −स्तु- तिः f. a figure of speech resembling the English ‘irony’, wherein censure is implied by apparent praise, or praise by apparent censure; व्याजस्तुतिर्मुखे निंदा स्तुतिर्वा रूढिरन्यथा K. P. 10.