Dictionary meanings for viparyas from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
4 P. 1 To overturn, re- verse, invert.
2 To change, alter.
3 To take wrongly, misunderstand; pratīkāro vyādheḥ sukhamiti viparyasyati ja- naḥ Bh. 3. 92.
4 To undergo change, be affected, (intrans.); daivenopahata- sya buddhirathavā sarvā viparyasyati Mu. 6. 8; (cf. the Latin adage ‘quem deus vult perdere prius dementat).
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A1. -asyate, to turn over, turn round, overturn, reverse, invert S3Br.; Gaut.; to change, interchange, exchange Ka1tyS3r.; to have a wrong notion, be in error Bhartr2.: Caus. -āsayati, to cause to turn round or to change Ba1lar. 125378 974,2 197719 mfn. turned over, reversed, opposite, contrary AitBr.; MBh. &c 974,2 197720 mfn. (in gram.) interchanged, inverted Pa1n2. 2-3, 56 Sch. 974,2 197721 mfn. standing round...