Caurya: 15 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Vastushastra
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. Kannada
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Introduction:

Caurya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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 Chaurya.

In Hinduism

Vastushastra (architecture)

: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)

Caurya (啶氞啶班啶�) refers to 鈥渢heft鈥� which is specified as the consequence of a doorway (诲惫腻谤补辫丑补濒补) at Ambara (one of the peripheral padas of the 9 by 9 deity map), according to the Devy膩mata (chapter 105).鈥擜ccordingly, [while describing the consequences of a doorway]鈥斺€淸...] At Bh峁浥沘 is awfulness. And at Ambara there is theft (caurya鈥�caurya峁� caiva tath膩mbare). At Agni there is a lack of sons. At P奴峁n is servitude. At Vitatha the householder comes to a lack of decorum, at G峁沨ak峁ta he gains wisdom. At Yama he attains savagery. At G膩ndharva he acquires glory. [...]

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Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

caurya (啶氞啶班啶�).鈥攏 S Thieving, theft, stealing.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

caurya (啶氞啶班啶�).鈥�n Theft, stealing.

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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

Caurya (啶氞啶班啶�).鈥�

1) Theft, robbery.

2) Trickery.

3) Secrecy, concealment.

Derivable forms: cauryam (啶氞啶班啶ぎ啷�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Caurya (啶氞啶班啶�).鈥�(nt.; not recorded in this sense), stealth, in the sense of secrecy: (ya ima峁� dharmapary膩ya峁冣€�) rahasi caurye峁嚹乸i kasyacid鈥a峁僷rak膩艣ayed 厂补诲诲丑补谤尘补辫耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 227.3 (prose), who should declare this dharma-pary膩ya even by stealth in secret to anyone鈥�

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Caurya (啶氞啶班啶�) or Cauryya.鈥攏.

(-谤测补峁�) Theft, robbing. E. cora a thief, 峁补帽补 aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Caurya (啶氞啶班啶�).鈥攊. e. caura + ya, n. 1. Theft, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 9. 276. 2. Fraud, [Hariva峁兣沘, (ed. Calc.)] 15163. 3. Stealth, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] i. [distich] 190 (caurya-rata, literally, enjoyment of love by stealth, i. e. adultery).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Caurya (啶氞啶班啶�).鈥擺neuter] theft.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Caurya (啶氞啶班啶�):鈥擺from caura] a n. ([gana] 产谤腻丑尘补峁嚹乨颈) = ra-karman, [Manu-sm峁泃i ix, xi; Y膩j帽avalkya ii, 72; M峁沜chaka峁璱k膩] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] trickery, [Hariva峁兣沘 15163 f.]

3) [v.s. ...] (ifc. with 艣耻濒办补) defraudation, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补 iv, 5, 0/1.]

4) b yaka See caura.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Caurya (啶氞啶班啶�):鈥�(谤测测补峁�) 1. n. Idem.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Caurya (啶氞啶班啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Cojja, Coria, 颁辞谤颈腻.

[Sanskrit to German]

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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

Caurya (啶氞啶班啶�):鈥�(nm) theft, stealing; -[办补谤尘补/-惫峁泃迟颈] theft, stealing, pilferage.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Caurya (嗖氞硨嗖班硩嗖�):鈥�

1) [noun] the habit of or living made by, stealing, committing burglary regularly.

2) [noun] an instance of stealing, burglary, etc.; theft.

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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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Verse 1.17.37 < [Chapter 17 - Description of the Yogurt Theft]

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Verse 9.276-277 < [Section XXXVIII - Treatment of Criminals and their Punishment]

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Verse 3.4.40 < [Part 4 - Parenthood (v膩tsalya-rasa)]

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Page 171 < [Volume 24 (1918)]

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