व्यवहार [ vyavahāra ] [ vy-avahāra ] m. doing , performing , action , practice , conduct , behaviour Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ( [ vyavahāraḥ kāryaḥ ] , with instr. , " it should be acted according to " )

  commerce or intercourse with ( saha or comp.) Lit. Nir. Lit. Kām.

  affair , matter Lit. Nīlak.

  usage , custom , wont , ordinary life , common practice Lit. Pat. Lit. BhP. Lit. Hit.

  activity , action or practice of occupation or business with (loc. or comp.) Lit. Inscr. Lit. Kāv. Lit. Kathās.

  mercantile transaction , traffic , trade with , dealing in (comp.) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

  a contract Lit. Mn. viii , 163

  legal procedure , contest at law with ( [ saha ] ) , litigation , lawsuit , legal process (see [ -matṛkā ] below) Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ.

  practices of law and kingly government Lit. IW. 209

  mathematical process Lit. Col.

  administration of justice Lit. Gaut.

  (fig.) punishment Lit. L.

  competency to manage one's own affairs , majority (in law) Lit. ib.

  propriety , adherence to law or custom Lit. ib.

  the use of an expression , with regard to , speaking about ( [ tair eva vyavahāraḥ ] , " just about these is the question " , " it is to these that the discussion has reference " ) Lit. Kap. Lit. Sāh. Lit. Sarvad.

  designation Lit. Jaim. Sch.

  compulsory work Lit. L.

  a sword Lit. L.

  a sort of tree Lit. L.

  N. of a ch. of the Agni-purāṇa.