The Sanskrit term Antoṣa can be transliterated into English as Antosa or Antosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Antoṣa (अन्तोष, “content”) is the direct counterpart of Lobha (‘greed’) which refers to one of the four passions (kaṣāyas) of creatures, according to chapter 4.5 [dharmanātha-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.

Accordingly, as Dharma-nātha said in his sermon on the kaṣāyas:—“[...] Creatures’ passions are four-fold: anger (krodha), conceit (māna), deceit (māyā), and greed (lobha); and each of them is divided into sañjvalana, etc. [...] A wise man should restrain the ocean of greed (lobha), overflowing, exceeding bounds, spreading out, by the dike of contentment (antoṣa). Just as a Cakravartin is first of men and Pākaśāsana first of gods, so contentment is the best of all qualities. I think the degree of pleasure in a contented ascetic and the degree of pain in a discontented cakrin are equal. After renouncing their own kingdoms from thirst for the nectar of contentment (antoṣa), Cakravartins instantly attain freedom from interest. [...]”.

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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, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Antoshalya.

Ends with: Asantosha, Atmasamtosha, Balasantosha, Darshanasantosha, Manahsantosha, Samtosha, Shighrasantosha, Shivasantosha, Sukhasantosha.

Full-text: Kashaya, Lobha.

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