Asamyama, Asaṃyama: 13 definitions
Introduction:
Asamyama means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, 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 Asanyam.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Asaṃyama (असंयम, “non-restraint”) refers to a category of dispositions (bhāva) due to the rising of karmas (audayika), according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra 2.6. What is the meaning of non-restraint (asaṃyama)? Lack of self-restraint is called non-restraint.
Asaṃyama (असंयम) refers to “non-restraint”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “That which is evidently cessation of action causing the cycle of rebirth is to be considered as the mental stopping of the influx of karma by those who know about that from the most excellent scripture. Like the hero who is well-clad in armour is not pierced by arrows in the difficulty of battle, the one who has subdued his senses, whose self is restrained, is not pierced by arrows which are made of non-restraint (asaṃyama-maya)”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Asaṃyama (असंयम).—Absence of control or restraint, especially of the senses; आपदां कथितः पन्थाः इन्द्रियाणामसंयमः (āpadāṃ kathitaḥ panthāḥ indriyāṇāmasaṃyamaḥ) Subh.
Derivable forms: asaṃyamaḥ (असंयमः).
Asaṃyama (असंयम).—m.
(-maḥ) Absence of check or restraint, specially of the senses. E. a neg. saṃyama restraint.
Asaṃyama (असंयम):—[=a-saṃyama] [from a-saṃyata] m. non-restraint (as of one’s senses), [Hitopadeśa]
Asaṃyama (असंयम):—[a-saṃyama] (maḥ) 1. m. Unrestrainedness.
Asaṃyama (असंयम):—m. Nichtzügelung.
Asaṃyama (असंयम) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Asaṃjama.
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
Asaṃyama (असंयम) [Also spelled asanyam]:—(nm) unrestraint; intemperance; absence of moderation; ~[mita] unrestrained; immoderate; ~[mī] devoid of moderation or temperance, unrestrained; fast.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Asaṃyama (ಅಸಂಯಮ):—[noun] absence of self-restraint; inability to restrain one’s desires; incontinence.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Asaṃyama (असंयम):—n. 1. absence of control of self-restraint; 2. indulgence of the senses;
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.
Pali-English dictionary
asaṃyama (အသံယမ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[na+saṃyama]
[န+သံယမ]
[Pali to Burmese]
asaṃyama—
(Burmese text): မရှောင်ကြဉ်ခြင်း၊ ရှောင်ကြဉ်ခြင်း၏ ဆန့်ကျင်ဖက် ဒုဿီလျစေတနာ။
(Auto-Translation): Avoidance, the opposite of avoidance, is opposition.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: A, Samyama, Na.
Starts with: Asamyamamaya.
Full-text: Samyamasamyama, Asanyam, Asamyamamaya, Asamjama, Udgara, Garodgara, Vishodgara, Avirati.
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