Apathya, Apāṭhya: 17 definitions

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Apathya 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 Apathy.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

Apathya (अपथ्य) refers to “prohibited food habit” (harmful diet habits of a person), as explained in the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala, a work dealing with the ancient Indian principles of dietetics and culinary art.—Caraka defines pathya as the one which does not digress from the right path and which is pleasing to the mind. He further adds that one should invariably have a foodstuff which is either priya (pleasing) or pathya. Pathya can be signified for all that is beneficial for a patient while apathya as all that is harmful. Aswini Patil in her research article entitled Pathyasankalpana states that pathya not only advocates the intake of beneficial food but also directs to follow certain regimen to hasten the process of recovery from the diseased state.

Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Apathya (अपथ्य):—Food and behaviours which are not conducive or not wholesome to body and mind is called as apathy. Contrast to Pathya.

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms
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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

apathya (अपथ्य).—a (S) Unwholesome, unsuitable, hurtful, disagreeing with--articles of diet, points of regimen.

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apathya (अपथ्य).—n (S) Bad diet or regimen. 2 Deviation from regimen. 4 fig. Disagreement or unsuitableness (as of means with an end).

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

apathya (अपथ्य).—n Bad diet. a Unwholesome, hurtful.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English
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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Apathya (अपथ्य).—a. [na. ta.]

1) Unfit, unsuited, improper, inconsistent, obnoxious; अकार्यं कार्यसंकाशमपथ्यं पथ्यसंमितम् (akāryaṃ kāryasaṃkāśamapathyaṃ pathyasaṃmitam) Rām.

2) (In medicine) Unwholesome, unsalutary (as food, regimen &c.); सन्तापयन्ति कमपथ्यभुजं न रोगाः (santāpayanti kamapathyabhujaṃ na rogāḥ) H.3.11; भवति पुरुषस्य व्याधिर्मरणं सेविते अपथ्ये, राजा- पथ्ये पुनः सेविते सकलकुलं नश्यति (bhavati puruṣasya vyādhirmaraṇaṃ sevite apathye, rājā- pathye punaḥ sevite sakalakulaṃ naśyati) Mu.6.

3) Bad, unlucky.

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Apāṭhya (अपाठ्य).—a. Illegible.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apathya (अपथ्य).—mfn.

(-thyaḥ-thyā-thyaṃ) 1. Unsuitable, inconsistent. 2. (In medicine) Contra-indicated, unfit as food or drink in particular complaints. E. a neg. pathya suitable.

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

Apathya (अपथ्य).—adj. unfit, unwholesome, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3, 65.

Apathya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and pathya (पथ्य).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apathya (अपथ्य).—[adjective] unfit, unsuitable.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Apathya (अपथ्य):—[=a-pathya] [from a-patha] mfn. unfit

2) [v.s. ...] unsuitable

3) [v.s. ...] inconsistent

4) [v.s. ...] (in med.) unwholesome as food or drink in particular complaints.

5) Apāṭhya (अपाठ्य):—[=a-pāṭhya] mfn. illegible.

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

Apathya (अपथ्य):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-thyaḥ-thyā-thyam) 1) Unwholesome, contra-indicated, unfit as food or drink in particular complaints; e. g. āpātaramaṇīyānāṃ saṃyogānāṃ priyaiḥ saha . apathyānāmivānnānāṃ pariṇāmo hi dāruṇaḥ ..

2) Unsuitable, inconsistent, obnoxious; e. g. sarvasya jāyate mānaḥ svahitācca pramādyati . vṛddhau bhajati cāpathyaṃ naro yena vinaśyati.

3) Bad, evil, unlucky; e. g. apathyamāyatau lobhādāmanantyanujīvinaḥ . priyaṃ śṛṇoti yastebhyastamṛcchanti na saṃpadaḥ ... E. a neg. and pathya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apathya (अपथ्य):—[a-pathya] (thyaḥ-thyā-thyaṃ) a. Unwholesome, unsuitable.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Apathya in German

Apathya (अपथ्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Apaccha.

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

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Hindi dictionary

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1) Apathya (अपथ्य) [Also spelled apathy]:—(a) insalubrious, unwholesome; unhealthy; (nm) insalubrious food/diet.

2) Apāṭhya (अपाठ्य) [Also spelled apathy]:—(a) illegible, unreadable; worthless; hence ~[] (nf).

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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Kannada-English dictionary

Apathya (ಅಪಥ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] that which does not conduce, contribute, provide comfort or ease.

2) [noun] wrong food or wrong system of taking food, that aggravates the illness.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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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Nepali dictionary

Apathya (अपथ्य):—adj. 1. Med. unwholesome (as food); 2. indigestible;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary
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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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