vy-āja m. (rarely n. ifc. f(A). ; fr. vy-√ añj, to smear over; cf. √ ac) deceit, fraud, deception, semblance, appearance, imitation, disguise, pretext, pretence (ibc. ‘treacherously, falsely’, also = ifc. ‘having only the appearance of, appearing as, simulated, deceitful, false’; instr. and abl. ‘treacherously, deceitfully’, ‘under the pretext or guise of’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
an artifice, device, contrivance, means, [Ragh.]
wickedness, [W.]