Ashakya, Aśakya: 16 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Aśakya can be transliterated into English as Asakya or Ashakya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Ashaky.
In Hinduism
Shyanika-shastra (the science of Hawking and Hunting)
Aśakya (अशक्य) refers to “that which is not easily attainable”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the importance of hawks]: “[...] To possess the knowledge of what is practicable and of the means to achieve it, to discern what is easily attainable and what is not (śakya-aśakya-vivecana), to employ proper persons for proper works and dissuade them from doing what is improper, and such other qualities, which have been highly spoken of in politics [are considered also essential in the art of hawking]”.
Shyanika-shastra (श्यैनिकशास्त्र, śyainikaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian skill of hawking/falconry (one of the ways of hunting) which were laid down in a systematic manner in various Sanskrit treatises. It also explains the philosophy behind how the pleasures derived from sense-experience could lead the way to liberation.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Aśakya (अशक्य) refers to “that which cannot happen”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.3 (“The virtues of the three cities—Tripura).—Accordingly, as Śiva said to the Gods: “A meritorious person is the presiding ruler of the Tripuras now. He who practises meritorious deeds should not be killed by sensible persons. O gods, I know the misery of the gods completely. It is great. Those Asuras are very strong. They cannot (aśakya) be killed by the gods or demons [haṃtumaśakyāstu surāsuraiḥ]. The sons of Tāraka and Maya are equally meritorious. O sensible ones, they are invincible to all the citizens. [...]”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
aśakya (अशक्य).—a (S) Impracticable or impossible.
aśakya (अशक्य).—a Impossible, impracticable.
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
Aśakya (अशक्य).—a. Impossible, inpracticable, यदशक्यं न तच्छक्यम् (yadaśakyaṃ na tacchakyam) H.1.87. अशक्यशङ्कव्यभिचारहेतुर्वाणी न वेदा यदि सन्ति के तु (aśakyaśaṅkavyabhicāraheturvāṇī na vedā yadi santi ke tu) N.
Aśakya (अशक्य).—mfn.
(-kyaḥ-kyā-kyaṃ) 1. Impossible, impracticable. 2. Not to be made. E. a neg. śakya possible.
Aśakya (अशक्य).—[adjective] impossible to or to be ([infinitive]), impracticable. Abstr. tā [feminine], tva [neuter]
1) Aśakya (अशक्य):—[=a-śakya] [from a-śakta] mfn. impossible, impractible, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] impossible to be composed (as a book, [Manu-smṛti xii, 94]) or to be executed (as an order, [Kathāsaritsāgara]), not to be overcome, invincible, [Rāmāyaṇa vi, 17, 8; Pañcatantra]
Aśakya (अशक्य):—[a-śakya] (kyaḥ-kyā-kyaṃ) a. Impracticable.
Aśakya (अशक्य):—(3. a + śakya) adj. unmöglich: artha [Kathāsaritsāgara 62, 235.] unüberwindlich [Mahābhārata 3, 14361.]
Aśakya (अशक्य):—Adj. —
1) unmöglich , unthunlich vacas unausführbar. vedaśāstra unverfassbar. aśakyo pākra-ṣṭam unentfernbar [Raghuvaṃśa 12,17.] sthātuṃ niyokturyada-śakyamagre weil es unmöglich ist zu verbleiben [2,56.] Dazu Nom.abstr. tā f. und tva n. mit einem Infin. —
2) unüberwindlich.
Aśakya (अशक्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Asakka.
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
Aśakya (अशक्य) [Also spelled ashaky]:—(a) impossible, impracticable; unmanageable; invincible; hence~[tā] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Aśakya (ಅಶಕ್ಯ):—
1) [adjective] that cannot be done or achieved; impossible.
2) [adjective] not workable; not practical; impractical.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
asakya (အသကျ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[na+sakya]
[န+သကျ]
[Pali to Burmese]
asakya—
(Burmese text): မစွမ်းဆောင်နိုင်သော။
(Auto-Translation): Unable to perform.
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 (+0): Shakya, A, Na.
Starts with (+0): Ashakyaparihara, Ashakyaputriya, Ashakyartha, Ashakyata, Ashakyate, Ashakyatva.
Full-text (+3): Ashakyartha, Ashakyata, Ashakyatva, Ashakyaparihara, Asakyadhitu, Asakka, Shakyashakya, Ashakyaputriya, Aprameya, Acakkiyan, Ashaky, Sagaradatta, Samuccheda, Acakkiyam, Shakya, Upasparshana, zhen pa bzhi bral, Cumb, Pratikara, Tantra.
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