अस्वाध्याय — {a-svâdhyāya} mfn. (a Brāhman) who has not performed his repetition of the Veda, who has not repeated or does not repeat the Vedas L##m. interruption or interval of repetition (prohibited on certain days of the moon, at eclipses, &c.) L##({a-svâdhyāya}) {-para} mfn. not devoted to the repetition of the Vedas MBh. xiii, 4563