Arogya, Ārogya: 27 definitions
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Arogya means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 Arogy.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Ārogya (आरोग्य) refers to “health”, mentioned as one of the potential rewards of Śiva-worship, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.1.12:—“[...] those who desire magnificent buildings, beautiful ornaments, beautiful women, wealth to satiety, sons and grandsons, health (ārogya), splendid body, extraordinary status, heavenly happiness and final salvation or profound devotion to the great lord shall duly worship Śiva by virtue of their merit accumulated by them. Sure success will be his who regularly worships Śiva liṅga with great devotion. He will never be afflicted by sins”.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Ārogya (आरोग्य) refers to “health” (i.e., “non-disease”) and is mentioned in verse 2.48 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] having one’s awareness fixed constantly on this (idea), one does not become participant in distress.—Such (is), in short, the conduct (during the day); observing (it), one attains long life, health [viz., ārogya], power, fame, and the eternal worlds”.
Note: Ārogya has been metaphrased by nad-med, both words properly signifying “non-disease”.
Ārogya (आरोग्य):—Literal meaning is disease free state; health, lightness of body, efficiency of limb and that which brings about happiness. Happiness which arises from an equilibrium of the body constituents. Health is extolled as necessary for achievement of all the four objectives of life viz virtue, wealth, pleasure and Salvation (Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha).
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.
Shaktism
Arogya (अरोग्य) refers to “one who is not sick”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, while describing the signs of one who is a Siddha: “[...] (Such a man) does not feel fear (even if) there is terrible cold or heat outside or he suffers a bad accident. He is very intelligent and his accomplishment is close at hand. He is not greedy or sick [i.e., arogya] and is forbearing. (His) urine is good and sweet smelling and (he passes) little stool. (He possesses) a serene beauty and the first sign of success in Yoga (that he displays) is its fine profundity. [??] and (instead of criticizing, he) praises the good qualities (of people) when they are out of sight”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Ārogya (आरोग्य) refers to “one’s health”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 4), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the Moon (candra) should be eclipsed by Ketu she will destroy prosperity, health [i.e., ārogya] and plenty. Artisans will perish and thieves will suffer greatly. If while the moon is eclipsed, she be crossed by the fall of a meteor, that prince will die in the star of whose nativity the moon then happens to be”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Ārogya (आरोग्य) refers to “freedom from diseases”, according to the Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā, belonging to the Pāñcarātra tradition which deals with theology, rituals, iconography, narrative mythology and others.—Accordingly, “The King shall obtain territory, victory, wealth, a long life and freedom from diseases (ārogya). A King who regularly worships shall conquer this whole earth, with her seven divisions and her garment of seas”.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Shaivism
Ārogya (आरोग्य) refers to “freedom from disease”, according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 19.101cd-105ab, while describing the ritual that protect the king and his kingdom]—“[...] [The Mantrin] should worship [Amṛteśa] to benefit Brahmins, cows, his own protection, and [the king’s] own people, offering abundant oblations at home on the ninth day [of the light half of the month] Mahānavamī. As said before, [this brings] long life, freedom from disease, and perfect health (āyus-ārogya-saṃpada)”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Arogya (अरोग्य) refers to “freedom from illness”, and represents one of the various signs and paranormal powers (siddhi) experienced by the Yoga practicioner, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise (presented in the form of a dialogue between Īśvara and Vāmadeva).—The last fifty-two verses of the Amanaska’s first chapter describe a temporal sequence of psychosomatic signs and paranormal powers (siddhi) brought about by absorption (laya). [...] It informs practitioners of the initial experiences they may have while immersed in absorption [e.g., Freedom from illness (arogya)], and thus provides them with some idea of their progress in the practice, [...]. On freedom from illness (arogya), Haṭhapradīpikā 1.19, 2.20; Śivasaṃhitā 5.91; Yogasāramañjarī (quoted in the Yogasārasaṅgraha p. 27); Śivayogadīpikā 1.34; Yogacūḍāmaṇyupaniṣat 99; Yogamārgaprakāśikā 3.36, etc.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Ārogya (आरोग्य) refers to “health”, according to the purification (śodhana) of the Pañcagavya (five cow products) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Compassionate Nandā, Bhadrā, Jayā, Saumyā and Kapilā, Accomplish great wealth, long life, health (āyus-ārogya) and success”.
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
Pali-English dictionary
ārogya : (nt.) health.
Ārogya, (nt.) (abstr. fr. aroga, i.e. ā (= a2) + roga + ya) absence of illness, health D. I, 11; III, 220 (°mada), 235 (°sampadā); M. I, 451 (T. ārūgya, v. l. ārogya), 508, 509; S. II, 109; A. I, 146 (°mada); II, 143; III, 72; V, 135 sq. ; Sn. 749, 257 = Dh. 204 = J. III, 196; Nd1 160; Vism. 77 (°mada pride of health); PvA. 129, 198; Sdhp. 234. (Page 108)
ārogya (အာရောဂျ) [(na) (န)]—
[aroga+ṇya．arogassabhāvoārogyaṃ．,ṭī．331．ka．36va．nīti,sutta．78va．¤nitea ārogyaç ārugyaç āroggiya-hu rhi praeiea．ārugyaç āroggiya yakhucāmūnitea mara,āroggiya-arānitea arogiyaṃ (saṃ,1．87) huç arogatā (milinda．324) hu raeiea]
[အရောဂ+ဏျ။ အရောဂဿဘာဝေါအာရောဂျံ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၃၃၁။ ကစ္စည်း။ ၃၆ဝ။ နီတိ၊သုတ္တ။၇၈ဝ။ ၎င်း၌ အာရောဂျ,အာရုဂျ,အာရောဂ္ဂိယ-ဟု ပါဌ်သုံးမျိုးရှိကြောင်း ပြဆိုထား၏။ အာရုဂျ,အာရောဂ္ဂိယ ပါဌ်များယခုစာမူတို့၌ မတွေ့ရ၊ အာရောဂ္ဂိယ-အရာ၌ အရောဂိယံ (သံ၊၁။၈၇) ဟုလည်းကောင်း,အရောဂတာ (မိလိန္ဒ။၃၂၄) ဟုလည်းကောင်း တွေ့ရ၏]
[Pali to Burmese]
ārogya—
(Burmese text): (၁) အနာရောဂါ-မရှိ-ကင်း-သည်၏အဖြစ်၊ အနာ-ရောဂါ-မရှိခြင်း၊ ကျန်းမာခြင်း။ (၂) (ခန္ဓာငါးပါးဟူသော) အနာရောဂါ မရှိသော တရား၊ နိဗ္ဗာန်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) The state of being free from disease is the absence of illness, health. (2) The truth of being free from the disease known as (the body) is Nirvana.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
ārōgya (आरोग्य).—n (S) Freedom from sickness; healthy state; health.
ārōgya (आरोग्य).—n Healthy state; health.
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
Arogya (अरोग्य).—a. Healthy.
See also (synonyms): arogin.
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Ārogya (आरोग्य).—(अरोगस्य भावः ष्यञ् (arogasya bhāvaḥ ṣyañ)] Freedom from disease, good health; लघुत्वमारोग्यमलोलुपत्वम् (laghutvamārogyamalolupatvam) Śvet.2.13.
Derivable forms: ārogyam (आरोग्यम्).
Ārogya (आरोग्य).—n.
(-gyaṃ) Health. E. āṅ reverse, ruj to be sick, yañ aff.
Ārogya (आरोग्य).—i. e. a-roga + ya, n. Health, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 15, 13.
Ārogya (आरोग्य).—[adjective] healthy; [neuter] health.
1) Arogya (अरोग्य):—[=a-rogya] [from a-roga] mfn. healthy, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Ārogya (आरोग्य):—n. ([from] a-roga), freedom from disease, health, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Suśruta; Manu-smṛti; Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra]
3) a particular ceremony
4) Ārogyā (आरोग्या):—[from ārogya] f. Name of Dākṣāyaṇī
5) Ārogya (आरोग्य):—mfn. healthy
6) giving health, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Ārogya (आरोग्य):—[ā-rogya] (gyaṃ) 1. n. Health.
Arogya (अरोग्य):—(von 3. a + roga) adj. dass.; davon gyatā Gesundheit: kaccidarogyatā rāme [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 70, 7.]
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Ārogya (आरोग्य):—(von 2. aroga) n. Freisein von Krankheit, Gesundheit [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 1.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 322.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 474.] [ŚVETĀŚV. Upakośā 2, 13.] [Mahābhārata 3, 13101. 17359.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 15, 13.] [Suśruta 2, 163, 5.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 99, 5.] śūdramārogyameva ca (pṛcchet) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 127.] ārogyaṃ brūhi kauśalyām [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 52, 30.] ārogyapūrvaṃ kuśalaṃ vācyā [4, 55, 14.] ādhivyādhiśatairjanasya vividhairārogyamunmūlyate [Bhartṛhari 3, 34.] ārogyaniyamādhyakṣa ein Beiname Śiva’s [Śivanāmasahasra] — Vgl. anārogya .
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Arogya (अरोग्य):—, ārogyatā ed. Bomb.
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Ārogya (आरोग्य):—
1) n. [Mahābhārata 13, 358.] prativiṭapamārogyamaṭavi (als Gruss) [Spr. 698.] dāna [Oxforder Handschriften 87,a,33.] vrata [58,a,46.] pratipadvrata [284,a,10 v. u.] —
2) f. ā Name der Dākṣāyaṇī in Vaidyanātha [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,18.] arogā v.l.
Ārogya (आरोग्य):——
1) n. Gesundheit [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra] [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra 1,14,29.] vraha und pratipaddhrata n. eine best. Begehung. —
2) f. ā ein Name der Dākṣāyaṇi.
Ārogya (आरोग्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ārogga, Āroya.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Ārogya (आरोग्य) [Also spelled arogy]:—(nm) freedom from disease, health; -[nivāsa] sanitorium; ~[prada] hygienic; salubrious; -[lābha] convalescence; •[karanā] to convalesce; ~[śālā] a sanitorium; nursing home; -[śāstra] Hygiene.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Ārōgya (ಆರೋಗ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] absence of sickness or disease; sound bodily or mental condition; the condition of wholesomeness; health.
2) [noun] ಆರೋಗ್ಯವೇ ಭಾಗ್ಯ [arogyave bhagya] ārōgyavē bhāgya (saying) good health is wealth, while poor health is poverty.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Ārogya (आरोग्य):—n. freedom from disease; state of good health;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Rogya, Nya, Aroga, A.
Starts with (+19): Arogya-dakshina, Arogya-pacha, Arogya-sampada, Arogyabhagya, Arogyabhairava, Arogyacakra, Arogyacintamani, Arogyadarpana, Arogyadhama, Arogyagolisu, Arogyagriha, Arogyahetuka, Arogyakala, Arogyakama, Arogyakara, Arogyakaranakamma, Arogyamada, Arogyamala, Arogyambu, Arogyanidana.
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