Asteya, Ast膿ya: 13 definitions
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Asteya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Astey.
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsAsteya (啶呧じ啷嵿い啷囙く) refers to one of the ten Yama-practices, as discussed in chapter 1 (Yogap膩da) of the 笔补诲尘补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: the most widely followed of Sa峁僪it膩 covering the entire range of concerns of P膩帽car膩tra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter鈥�箩帽腻苍补, yoga, 办谤颈测腻 and 肠补谤测腻) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.鈥擠escription of the chapter [腻蝉补苍补产丑别诲补-濒补办峁峁嘺]:鈥擝rahm膩 asks to know about Yogas. Bhagav膩n replies that there are two kinds of Yoga鈥�karmayoga and 箩帽腻苍补yoga. [...] A devotee may achieve liberation by either method [...] however, in the case of karmayoga it is to be noted that the eight steps are especially defined鈥� Yama involves ten practices: [e.g., asteya].
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraAsteya (啶呧じ啷嵿い啷囙く, 鈥渉onesty鈥�) refers to one of the five types of Sa峁儁akcaritra (鈥渞ight-conduct鈥�), as mentioned in chapter 1.3 [腻诲墨艣惫补谤补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, as mentioned in 峁氠梗abha鈥檚 sermon:鈥�
鈥淸...闭 尘辞办峁 is attained by those who practice unceasingly the brilliant triad of knowledge, faith, and conduct. The abandonment of all censurable activities will lead to right-conduct (肠腻谤颈迟谤补), known by its five divisions, the vow of non-injury, etc. Non-injury, truthfulness, honesty, chastity, and poverty, with five supporting clauses each, lead to 尘辞办峁. [...] That which is unpleasant and unbeneficial is not truthful, even though truthful. Not taking what is not given, that is called the vow of honesty (asteya)鈥�.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryast膿ya (啶呧じ啷嵿い啷囙く).鈥攏 S Refraining from theft. See 测艒驳补诲丑补谤尘补.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAsteya (啶呧じ啷嵿い啷囙く).鈥擭ot stealing.
Derivable forms: asteyam (啶呧じ啷嵿い啷囙く啶).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsteya (啶呧じ啷嵿い啷囙く).鈥攏.
(-测补峁�) Honesty. E. a neg. steya theft.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsteya (啶呧じ啷嵿い啷囙く).鈥攏. not stealing, [Ved膩ntas膩ra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in
Asteya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and steya (啶膏啶む啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsteya (啶呧じ啷嵿い啷囙く).鈥擺neuter] non-theft, honesty.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Asteya (啶呧じ啷嵿い啷囙く):鈥擺=a-steya] [from a-stena] n. not stealing, [Manu-sm峁泃i; Y膩j帽avalkya etc.]
2) 膧蝉迟别测补 (啶嗋じ啷嵿い啷囙く):鈥擺from 腻蝉迟颈办补] mfn. ([P膩峁噄ni 4-3, 56]) belonging to something existent.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsteya (啶呧じ啷嵿い啷囙く):鈥擺a-steya] (测补峁�) 1. n. Idem.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAsteya (啶呧じ啷嵿い啷囙く) [Also spelled astey]:鈥�(nm) not stealing.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAst膿ya (嗖呧哺喑嵿菠喑囙帛):鈥�
1) [noun] the act or an instance of refraining from stealing, as one of the vow in yogic system.
2) [noun] ((Jain.) the religious vow of refraining from stealing.
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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Starts with: Asteyabhavane, Asteyam, Asteyavrata.
Full-text (+4): Asteyavrata, Asteyam, Astey, Ashtanga Yoga, Yama, Sacitta, Ubhaya, Acitta, Apadana, Yogadharma, Svamyadatta, Tirthankaradatta, Gurvadatta, Jivadatta, Samyakcaritra, Vrata, Dvipada, Kutatulakutamana, Catushpada, Stenahritadana.
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