As a deity name
Name 508 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
विनय · noun · feminine
व्यवहार में दीनता या अधीनता का भाव । नम्रता । प्रणति । आजिजी · शिक्षा । नैतिक शिक्षण । मार्गदर्शन · प्रार्थना । विनती । अनुनय — Śabdasāgara
विनय · noun · masculine
वणिक् । बनिया · वला । बरियारा · जितेंद्रिय । संयमी — Śabdasāgara
विनय · vi-nay · s.m.
Leading, guidance; training, discipline; refinement, gentlemanly bearing; good behaviour, propriety of conduct, decorum, decency — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1203
विनय · masculine
a male given name, Vinay, from Sanskrit
विनय · masculine
courtesy, civility, etiquette; humility, sincerity; an act of courtesy
Cited formation "विनय" is वि- + नय: नय means "Guiding, leading", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi विनय — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विनय (vinaya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. vi-naya (said to be artificially formed fr. vi + nṛ; for 2. See under vi-√ nī) Nom. P. ˚yati (with prefix 3. vi; ind.p. vi-vinayya), Pāṇ. i, 4, 1, Vārtt. 7, Pat.
2. vi-naya mfn. (for 1. See p. 969) leading away or asunder, separating, RV. ii, 24, 9
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
good breeding, propriety of conduct, decency, modesty, mildness, (in the Purāṇas sometimes personified as son of Kriyā or of Lajjā)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vinaya" is the vocative of "vinayā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. vi-naya (said to be artificially formed fr. vi + nṛ; for 2. See under vi-√ nī) Nom. P. ˚yati (with prefix 3. vi; ind.p. vi-vinayya), Pāṇ. i, 4, 1, Vārtt. 7, Pat.
2. vi-naya mfn. (for 1. See p. 969) leading away or asunder, separating, RV. ii, 24, 9
cast, thrown, L.
secret, L.
vi-naya m. taking away, removal, withdrawal, Śiś. x, 42
vi-nayā (ā), f. Sida Cordifolia, L.
Alternative readings
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