Dvaidhibhava, Dvaidhībhāva: 12 definitions

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In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstra

Dvaidhībhāva (द्वैधीभाव) is a Sanskrit technical term, used in warfare, referring to “dividing one’s army into two”. Dvaidhībhāva is considered to be one of the six constituents of state-craft that the King shall constantly ponder over. The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (See the Nītiprakāśikā 8.83 and the Manubhāṣya 7.160)

Source: Google Books: Manusmṛti with the Manubhāṣya

1) Dvaidhībhāva is ‘dividing one’s own forces into two parts’. (See the Manubhāṣya verse 7.160 et. seq.)

‘Division of forces’ is of two kinds—

  1. the king remaining with half the force in the fort and the Commander-in-chief going out to meet the enemy,
  2. and the reverse arrangement.

2) Dvaidhībhāva is the stationing of one’s troops in several directions.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Dvaidhībhāva (द्वैधीभाव).—One of the six qualities, others being Sandhi, Vigraha, Yāna, Āsana, and Saṃśraya. Sandhi is to make peace with the enemy. Vigraha is war. The journey to battle is Yāna. Āsana is, not going for war. Dvaidhībhāva is dividing his army into two, i.e. if the army rose against the King, he should bring one party on his side and make the two parties fight with each other. Saṃśraya is to yield to the powerful. (Manusmṛti, Chapter 7, Stanza 160).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Dvaidhibhava in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dvaidhībhāva (द्वैधीभाव).—

1) Duality, double state or nature.

2) Separation into two, difference, diversity.

3) Doubt, uncertainty, vacillation, suspense; धृतद्वैधीभावकातरं मे मनः (dhṛtadvaidhībhāvakātaraṃ me manaḥ) Ś.1.

4) A dilemma.

5) One of the six Guṇas or modes of foreign policy. (According to some authorities it means 'double dealing', or 'duplicity' 'keeping apparently friendly relations with the enemy'; dvaidhī- bhāvikāḥ sandhivigrahāḥ Kau. A.7; balinordviṣatormadhye vācātmānaṃ samarpayan | dvaidhībhāvena tiṣṭhettu kākākṣivadalakṣitaḥ || According to others it means 'dividing one's army and encountering a superior enemy in detachments', 'harassing the enemy by attacking them in small bands'; dvaidhībhāvaḥ svabalasya dvidhākaraṇam Mitā. on Y.1.347; cf. also Manusmṛti 7. 173. and 16.)

6) A contest, dispute.

7) Falsehood, duplicity.

Derivable forms: dvaidhībhāvaḥ (द्वैधीभावः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dvaidhībhāva (द्वैधीभाव).—m.

(-vaḥ) 1. Sowing dessension, causing tho separation of allies. 2. Dividing into two. 3. The nature or property of being two or distinct. E. dvaidha, and bhāva property, cvi aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dvaidhībhāva (द्वैधीभाव).—i. e. dvaidha -bhū + a, m. 1. Duality, Mahābhārata 14, 809. 2. Doubt, Mahābhārata 7, 1211. 3. Uncertainty, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 15, 11. 4. Duplicity, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 59. 5. Division of an army, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 160.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dvaidhībhāva (द्वैधीभाव).—[masculine] duality, double state or nature; duplicity, fraud, uncertainty, doubt.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Dvaidhībhāva (द्वैधीभाव):—[=dvaidhī-bhāva] [from dvaidhī > dvai] m. duality, double nature, [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] dilemma, doubt, uncertainty, [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] double-dealing, falsehood, deceit, [Yājñavalkya; Pañcatantra; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]

4) [v.s. ...] separation ([especially] of an army, one of the six kinds of royal policy), [Manu-smṛti vii, 160]

5) [v.s. ...] exciting dissension or causing the separation of allies, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dvaidhībhāva (द्वैधीभाव):—[dvaidhī-bhāva] (vaḥ) 1. m. Separating; dividing; being distinct.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dvaidhibhava in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Dvaidhibhava in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dvaidhībhāva (ದ್ವೈಧೀಭಾವ):—[noun] = ದ್ವೈಧ - [dvaidha -] 5 & 6.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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