Agariya, Agāriya: 5 definitions

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Agariya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.

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Pali-English dictionary

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

agāriya : (adj.; m.) lay man; householder.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Agāriya, = agārika, a layman M.I, 504 (°bhūta). — Usually in neg. anagāriyā (f.) the homeless state (= anagāraṃ) as opp. to agāra (q. v.) in formula agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajita (gone out from the house into the homeless state) Vin.I, 15; M.I, 16; II, 55, 75; A.I, 49; D.III, 30 sq., 145 sq.; Sn.274, 1003; Pv.II, 1316; DA.I, 112. (Page 3)

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

1) agāriya (အဂါရိယ) [(na) (န)]—
[agāra+iya]
[အဂါရ+ဣယ]

2) āgāriya (အာဂါရိယ) [(na) (န)]—
[a(ā)gāra+iya]
[အ(အာ)ဂါရ+ဣယ]

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

1) agāriya—

(Burmese text): (၁) အိမ်၏ အိမ်ထောင်၏-အကျိုးစီးပွါး။ (၂) (တိ) အိမ်ရာတည်ထောင်လူ့ဘောင်၌နေသူ၊ လူဝတ်ကြောင်။

(Auto-Translation): (1) The benefits of homeownership. (2) (specifically) A person living in a dwelling, a human being.

2) āgāriya—

(Burmese text): (၁) အိမ်-၌နေသူ-၏-အစီးအပွါး-အကျိုးစီးပွါး။ (တိ) (၂) အိမ်ရာတည်ထောင် လူ့ဘောင်၌နေသော၊ သူ၊ လူဝတ်ကြောင်။ (တိ) အာဂါရိယသီလ-ကြည့်။ အဂါရိယလည်း-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): (1) The benefits and advantages of those living in the household. (Precise) (2) A person who resides in a household community, a human being. (Precise) Look at the Agariya precepts. Also look at the Agariya.

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context information

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Āgāriya (आगारिय) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Āgārika.

2) Āgāriya (आगारिय) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ākārita.

context information

Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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