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व्य्-आज f. m. (rarely n.ifc. f(आ). ; fr. व्य्-√ अञ्ज्, to smear over; cf. √ अच्) deceit, fraud, deception, semblance, appearance, imitation, disguise, pretext, pretence (ibc. ‘treacherously, falsely’, also = ifc. ‘having only the appearance of, appearing as, simulated, deceitful, false’; instr. and abl. ‘treacherously, deceitfully’, ‘under the pretext or guise of’), [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c. an artifice, device, contrivance, means, [Ragh.] wickedness, [W.]
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