Akriya: 15 definitions
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Akriya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Akriya (अक्रिय):—Son of Gambhīra (son of Rabhasa). He had a son who was called Brahmavit. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.17.10-11)
Akriya (अक्रिय).—The son of Gambhīra. Of his wife was born Brahman.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 17. 10.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Akriya (अक्रिय) refers to “actionless (consciousness)” and is used to describe the Ātman (one’s own self), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] You are the one witness of everything, and are always totally free. The cause of your bondage is that you see the witness as something other than this. [...] Your real nature is as the one perfect, free, and actionless consciousness (cid-akriya), the all-pervading witness—unattached to anything, desireless and at peace. It is from illusion that you seem to be involved in saṃsāra. Meditate on yourself as motionless awareness, free from any dualism, giving up the mistaken idea that you are just a derivative consciousness, or anything external or internal. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) 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
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Akriyā (अक्रिया) (Sanskrit; in Tibetan: bya ba med pa) refers to “inaction” (i.e., the mistaken view that, owing to emptiness, engagement in virtuous acts is to be avoided).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
akriya (अक्रिय).—a S Uncreating or unworking; not making, forming, or acting; subsisting in absolute quiescence. Used of God after the fashion of the philosophy imported by such terms as nirguṇa, nirākāra &c.
akriya (अक्रिय).—a Uncreating or unworking.
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
Akriya (अक्रिय).—a. [nāsti kriyā yasya na. ba.]
1) Inactive dull, torpid.
2) Without essential works.
3) Abstaining from religious rites.
4) Without action of any kind, epithet of God.
5) Worthless, good-for-nothing.
-yā [na. ta.] Inactivity; neglect of duty; प्रधानस्याक्रिया यत्र साङ्गं तत्क्रियते पुनः । तदङ्गस्याक्रियायां तु नावृत्तिर्न च तत्क्रिया (pradhānasyākriyā yatra sāṅgaṃ tatkriyate punaḥ | tadaṅgasyākriyāyāṃ tu nāvṛttirna ca tatkriyā) ||
Akriya (अक्रिय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) 1. Inactive, dull, torpid. 2. Abstaining from religious rites. f. (yā) Inactivity, neglect of what ought to be done. E. a neg. kriyā act.
Akriyā (अक्रिया).—[feminine] inactivity, omission.
1) Akriya (अक्रिय):—[=a-kriya] mfn. without works
2) [v.s. ...] inactive
3) [v.s. ...] abstaining from religious rites
4) [v.s. ...] impious
5) Akriyā (अक्रिया):—[=a-kriyā] [from a-kriya] f. inactivity
6) [v.s. ...] neglect of duty.
Akriya (अक्रिय):—I. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-yaḥ-yā-yam) 1) Inactive, dull, torpid.
2) Abstaining from religious rites.
3) Wicked, perverse. E. a priv. and kriyā. Ii. [tatpurusha compound] f.
(-yā) 1) Inactivity.
2) Neglect of what ought to be done. E. a neg. and kriyā.
Akriyā (अक्रिया):—f. das Nichtthun , nicht zu Wege Bringen von (Gen.) , Unterlassung [252,15.] [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra 19,2.]
Akriya (अक्रिय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Akiriya, Akiriyā, Akkiya.
Akriyā (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 不作 [bù zuò]: “does not do”.
2) 不作惡 [bù zuò è]: “does not do evil”.
3) 無事 [wú shì]: “no phenomena”.
4) 非作 [fēi zuò]: “should not be done”.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Akriya (ಅಕ್ರಿಯ):—[adjective] not working; having no intention to work; inactive; inert; idle.
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Akriya (ಅಕ್ರಿಯ):—[noun] an unfit, improper action or behaviour.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Akriyaja, Akriyamana, Akriyatva, Akriyavadin.
Full-text (+10): Akiriya, Gambhira, Akriyavadin, Akkiya, Brahmavit, Vyakriya, bya ba med pa, Bu zuo e, Cidakriya, Viruddharupaka, Fei zuo, Sacchrotriya, Purvahnika, Paurvahnika, Bu zuo, Caturmara, Raktanakha, Bhavadatta, Apupa, Suddhodana.
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