व्याजः [vyājḥ] 1 Deciet, trick, deception, fraud.
Art, cunning; अव्याजमनोहरं वपुः
[Ś.1.18] 'artlessly lovely';
[Māl.5.12.] A pretext, pretence, semblance; ध्यान- व्याजमुपेत्य
[Nāg.1.1;] [R.4.25,58;1.76;11.66.] An artifice, a device, contrivance; व्याजार्धसंदर्शितमेखलानि
[R.13.42.] Wickedness, depravity. -Comp.
-आह्वयः a false name.
-उक्तिः f. f.
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.1 under व्याजोक्ति.
covert allusion, insinuation.
-गुरुः a teacher, only in appearance.-निद्रित a. feigning sleep.
-निन्दा artful censure.
-पूर्व a. a. having only the appearance of anything.
-व्यवहारः artful conduct.
-सुप्त a. a. feigning to be asleep.
-स्तुतिः f. f. a figure of speech resembling the English 'irony', wherein censure is implied by apparent praise; or praise by apparent censure; व्याजस्तुतिर्मुखे निन्दा स्तुतिवी रूढिरन्यथा
[K. P.1.]