Ashcarya, 膧艣肠补谤测补: 21 definitions
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Ashcarya means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
The Sanskrit term 膧艣肠补谤测补 can be transliterated into English as Ascarya or Ashcarya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Ashcharya.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�) refers to the 鈥減erformer of miracles鈥� and is used to describe 艢iva, in the 艢ivapur腻峁嘺 2.2.15. Accordingly as Brahm腻 narrated to N腻rada:鈥斺�淸...] On arrival there, after paying respects to the lord [艢iva] with great excitement we lauded Him with various hymns with palms joined in reverence. The Devas said: [...] Obeisance to Thee who art the great 莫艣a and the performer of miracles (腻艣肠补谤测补-办补谤尘补苍). Obeisance to Brahman, the great soul who is far removed from words鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�) refers to a 鈥渨onder鈥� (e.g., 鈥渁n unparalleled wonder鈥�), according to the second recension of the Yogakha峁囜笉a of the Manth腻nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik腻.鈥擜ccordingly, as Bhadrak腻l墨 said to 艢r墨ka峁囜弓ha: 鈥淸...] O 艢ambhu! Supreme Lord! Destroyer of the universe [i.e., 箩补驳补迟蝉补峁僪腻谤补-办腻谤补办补]! Why are you pained, O Lord? (There is no need for it), the Lord鈥檚 accomplishment is complete. There is no other (truly) knowledgeable being apart from you amongst the wise in the triple world. Why do you worship me, delighting (as it were) in the darkness of ignorance? That is an unparalleled wonder [腻艣肠补谤测补鈥�腻艣肠补谤测补m etad atula峁�]. Get up and have mercy on me!鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣腻kta) or Shaktism (艣腻ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Kavya (poetry)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�) refers to 鈥渕arvels鈥�, according to B腻峁嘺鈥檚 K腻dambar墨 (p. 226).鈥擳here are apparently several Tantric rites that B腻峁嘺 pejoratively associates with the priest: [...] 鈥渉is collection of practices for mastering mantras for invisibility had grown鈥�; 鈥渉e was acquainted with a hundred tales about the marvels (腻艣肠补谤测补) of the 艢r墨parvata mountain鈥�; 鈥渉is ear-cavities were punched by those possessed by Pi艣腻ca-demons, who had run to him when struck by white mustard seed he had empowered with mantras more than once鈥�.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�) or Mah腻艣肠补谤测补 refers to the 鈥渨ondrous (yoga)鈥�, according to the 艢ivayogad墨pik腻 by Sad腻艣ivayog墨艣vara: a text dealing with 艢aivism and Ha峁環ayoga in two hundred and eighty-nine verses.鈥擜ccordingly, while describing the worship of 艢iva: 鈥淭herefore, reverentially practise this auxiliary of worshipping 艢iva which is the wondrous (mah腻-腻艣肠补谤测补) yoga with eight auxiliaries鈥�.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as 腻sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�) refers to the 鈥渨onderful (state)鈥� (of a true Yog墨鈥攐ne not affected by pain), according to the A峁ａ弓腻vakrag墨t腻 (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Ved腻nta topics.鈥擜ccordingly, [as A峁ａ弓avakra says to Janaka]: 鈥淸...] Even when pleased he is not pleased, not suffering even when in pain. Only those like him can know the wonderful state (腻艣肠补谤测补-da艣腻) of such a man. [tasy腻艣肠补谤测补da艣腻峁� t腻峁� t腻峁� t腻d峁浥浤� eva j腻nate] It is the sense of responsibility which is samsara. The wise who are of the form of emptiness, formless, unchanging and spotless see no such thing. [...]鈥�.
Vedanta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�, ved腻nta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�) refers to 鈥渨ondrous (things)鈥�, according to the 2nd century Mah腻praj帽腻p腻ramit腻艣腻stra chapter 46.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淧atience is the strength of all monks: it humbles the wicked and manifests wondrous things (腻艣肠补谤测补-vastu) in the assemblies. Patience is the guardian that watches that generosity and morality are not broken. Patience is a great armor that soldiers cannot pierce. Patience is the good medicine that eliminates bad poisons. Patience is a great victory that assures safety and peace over the dangerous paths of 蝉补峁僺腻谤补. [...]鈥�.
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch腻1) 膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�) or 膧艣car测腻dbhuta refers to 鈥渁mazing phenomena鈥�, according to the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch腻: the eighth chapter of the Mah腻sa峁僴ip腻ta (a collection of Mah腻测腻na Buddhist S奴tras).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淏y the light of the lion鈥檚 throne on which the Lord was seated, the great three-thousand thousands of worlds were illumined with a grand luster. The great three-thousand of worlds, the sun, the moon, the stars, Indras, Brahmas, and the protectors of the world, all of them were eclipsed. When that whole assembly of Bodhisattvas saw these miracles, wonders, and amazing phenomena (腻艣肠补谤测补-adbhuta), they said to one another: 鈥業t would not be easy for us to see such an exceptional grandeur as the splendor of these pavilions even if our lifetime would fill an aeon. Thus the virtues of these pavilions are immeasurable鈥�.鈥�.
2) 膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�) refers to 鈥�(one having attained) astonishment鈥�, according to the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch腻.鈥擜ccordingly: 鈥淸...] Then, when the bodhisatva Samant腻loka examined the world-spheres of ten directions by the divine sight, in immeasurable and incalculable Buddha-fields of the ten directions, just as the rain of all kinds of jewels poured down and all voices of the dharma resounded in this Sah腻 universe, just so in those Buddha-fields he saw that such phenomena occurred without increasing or decreasing, and without entering into any difference. Then the Bodhisattva Samant腻loka, having been astonished (腻艣肠补谤测补-pr腻pta), uttered a joyous utterance: 鈥榌...]鈥� 鈥�
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah腻测腻na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽腻p腻ramit腻 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�) or 膧艣肠补谤测补k腻ra [=膧艣肠补谤测补k腻raka?] refers to 鈥渁stonishingly鈥�, according to the 11th century J帽腻n腻r峁嘺va, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by 艢ubhacandra.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸com.鈥擭ext he speaks about the nature of asceticism]鈥擜stonishingly [com.鈥�腻艣肠补谤测补-k腻ra鈥�腻艣肠补谤测补k腻rakam] , external [and] internal asceticism is undergone by honourable mendicants who are wise [and] alarmed by the continuous series of births [in the cycle of rebirth]. In that regard, external asceticism is declared to be of six kinds beginning with fasting while internal [asceticism] is also of [six] kinds on account of the divisions beginning with atonement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 Dictionary腻艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�).鈥�. Add:--腻0 辫腻惫补峁嚹抚箖 To marvel.
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 dictionary膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�).鈥�a. [腻-car-峁噛at su峁� 腻艣肠补谤测补m腻netye P.VI.1.147] Marvellous, wonderful, extraordinary, astonishing, strange, curious 啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶 啶椸さ啶距 啶︵啶灌啶洁啷嬥お啷囙え (腻艣caryo gav腻峁� doho'gopena) Sk.; 啶むう啶ㄠ 啶掂さ啷冟し啷佮 啶啶粪啶ぎ啶距ざ啷嵿啶班啶ぎ啷囙啶距 (tadanu vav峁涐梗u岣� pu峁am腻艣肠补谤测补megh腻岣�) R.16.87; 掳啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠ 啶え啷佮し啷嵿く啶侧啶曕 (dar艣ano manu峁aloka岣�) 艢.7.
-ryam 1 A wonder, miracle, marvel; 啶曕た啶ぞ啶多啶氞ぐ啷嵿く啶� 啶曕啶粪ぞ啶班う啷囙ざ啷� 啶啶班ぞ啶｀う啶� 啶ぎ啶︵啶むた啶曕ぞ (kim腻艣肠补谤测补峁� k峁Ｄ錼ade艣e pr腻峁嘺d腻 yamad奴tik腻) Udb. 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距ざ啷嵿啶班啶ぞ啶｀た (办补谤尘腻艣肠补谤测腻峁噄) Uttarar腻macarita 1. wonderful deeds; K.65; Mv.1; Bhagavadg墨t腻 (Bombay) 11.6;2.29.
2) Surprise, wonder, astonishment; 掳啶く (maya) Bhagavadg墨t腻 (Bombay) 11.11.
3) A strange appearance, prodigy.
4) (Used as an exclamation) A wonder, how strange or curious; 啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶 啶ぐ啶苦お啷�啶∴た啶む啶洁き啶苦ぐ啶い啷� 啶啷嵿啶距い啶�- 啶膏啶む啶粪啶｀く啶� (腻艣肠补谤测补峁� parip墨岣峣to'bhiramate yacc腻taka- st峁涐梗峁嘺测腻) Ch腻t.2.4; usually with 啶啷嵿, 啶い啷嵿ぐ (yacca, yatra) or 啶う啶� (yadi) with a following potential or future.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�) or 膧艣caryya.鈥攎fn.
(-谤测补岣�-谤测腻-谤测补峁�) Astonishing, wonderful. m.
(-谤测补岣�) Surprise, astonishment. E. 腻峁� before car to go, deriv. irregular.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�).鈥攊. e. 腻-car + ya I. adj., f. 测腻, Astonishing, wonderful, [顿补艣补办耻尘腻谤补肠补谤颈迟补] in
膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�).鈥擺adjective] strange, miraculous; [neuter] wonder, prodigy.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�):鈥�1. 腻艣肠补谤测补 mfn. (said to be [from] 鈭�car with 腻 and a sibilant inserted, [P腻峁噄ni 6-1, 147]), appearing rarely, curious, marvellous, astonishing, wonderful, extraordinary, [Ka峁環a-upani峁d; Prabodha-candrodaya; 艢akuntal腻; Raghuva峁兣沘]
2) n. strange appearance
3) a wonder, miracle, marvel, prodigy
4) wonder, surprise, astonishment, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺; Bhagavad-g墨t腻; 艢akuntal腻 etc.]
5) 2. 腻艣肠补谤测补 [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] 腻艣肠补谤测补ti, to be marvellous or strange, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�):鈥擺腻-艣carya] (谤测测补岣�) 1. m. Surprise. a. Astonishing, wonderful.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Accara, Accaria, 础肠肠补谤墨补, Acceara, Acchera, Accheraga, Accheraya.
[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 dictionary膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�) [Also spelled ashchary]:鈥�(nm) wonder, surprise; astonishment; ~[cakita] surprised; bewildered, flabbergasted; •[hon腻] to be struck dumb.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus膧艣肠补谤测补 (嗖嗋捕喑嵿矚嗖班硩嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] that which is strange or interestingly unusual.
2) [noun] a miracle. esp. an event or action that apparently contradicts known scientific laws and is hence thought to be due to supernatural causes.
3) [noun] the state of mind, produced by something new, unexpected or extraordinary; wonder; surprise.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary膧艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�):鈥攏. astonishment; surprise; wonder; vtr. to feel astonishment; adj. astonishing; striking; experiencing; astonishment; astonished; wonderful; surprising;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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