Asobhana, Ashobhana, Aśobhana, Non Beautiful Citta: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Aśobhana can be transliterated into English as Asobhana or Ashobhana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Ashobhan.
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Aśobhana (अशोभन) refers to “bad things” (as opposed to Śobhana—“good things”), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] Beggar or king, he excels who is without desire, and whose opinion of things is rid of “good” (śobhana) and “bad” (aśobhana) [bhāveṣu galitā yasya śobhanā'śobhanā matiḥ]. There is neither dissolute behaviour nor virtue, nor even discrimination of the truth for the sage who has reached the goal and is the very embodiment of guileless sincerity. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
See Asobhana Cittas.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
asobhana : (adj.) ugly; improper.
asobhana (အသောဘန) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[na+sobhana]
[န+သောဘန]
[Pali to Burmese]
asobhana—
(Burmese text): မတင့်တယ်သော၊ မကောင်းသော။
(Auto-Translation): Unstable, bad.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Aśobhana (अशोभन).—Offence, mistake, fault रामेण यदि ते पापे किंचित्कृतमशोभनम् (rāmeṇa yadi te pāpe kiṃcitkṛtamaśobhanam) Rām.2.38.7.
Derivable forms: aśobhanam (अशोभनम्).
1) Aśobhana (अशोभन):—[=a-śobhana] mfn. not beautiful, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā], [Scholiast or Commentator]
2) [v.s. ...] disagreeable, vicious, bad, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] inauspicious, [Suśruta]
Aśobhana (अशोभन):—[a-śobhana] (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Unlucky, bad.
Aśobhana (अशोभन):——
1) Adj. — a) unschön [UTPALA.] zu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 3,8.] — b) den Erwartungen und Wünschen nicht entsprechend , nicht gut , schlecht. — c) infaustus. —
2) n. Leid , Weh , Böses.
Aśobhana (अशोभन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Asobhaṇa.
Aśobhana (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 惡 [è]: “evil”.
2) 鄙陋 [bǐ lòu]: “base and inferior”.
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
Aśobhana (अशोभन) [Also spelled ashobhan]:—(a) unseemly, unbecoming; indecent.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Asobhaṇa (असोभण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Aśobhana.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Shobhana, Beautiful, Non, A, Na, Citta.
Starts with (+0): Asobhana Citta, Asobhanabhava.
Full-text (+0): Asobhana Citta, Asobhanabhava, Ashobhan, Kamavacara Citta, Ahetuka Citta, Antarayana, Shobhana, Bi lou, Mahavipaka Citta, Duhkhodadhi, Duhkhavaridhi, Janmamrityu, E.
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