Asuya, Ashu-ya, Ashuya, Asūyā, Asūya, Āśuyā: 22 definitions
Introduction:
Asuya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.
The Sanskrit term Āśuyā can be transliterated into English as Asuya or Ashuya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Asūyā (असूया) refers to “finding fault with the good quality in others”. It is part of an eightfold set (of activities) born of Anger. The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (also see the Manubhāṣya verse 7.48)
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Asūyā (असूया, “envy”).—One of the thirty-three ‘transitory states’ (vyabhicāribhāva), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 7. These ‘transitory states’ accompany the ‘permanent state’ in co-operation. The term is used throughout nāṭyaśāstra literature. It is also known as Īrṣyā. (Also see the Daśarūpa 4.8-9)
Asūyā (असूया, “envy”) is caused by determinants (vibhāva) such as various offences, hatred, other people’s wealth, good luck, intelligence, sports, learning and the like. It is to be represented on the stage by consequents (anubhāva) such as finding fault with others, decrying their virtues, not paying any heed to these, remaining with downcast face, knitting eyebrows in disparagement, and abusing others in the assembly [of men].
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Asūyā (असूया) refers to “malice” and represents a type of Ādhyātmika pain of the mental (mānasa) type, according to the Viṣṇu-purāṇa 6.5.1-6. Accordingly, “the wise man having investigated the three kinds of worldly pain, or mental and bodily affliction and the like, and having acquired true wisdom, and detachment from human objects, obtains final dissolution.”
Ādhyātmika and its subdivisions (e.g., asūyā) represents one of the three types of worldly pain (the other two being ādhibhautika and ādhidaivika) and correspond to three kinds of affliction described in the Sāṃkhyakārikā.
The Viṣṇupurāṇa is one of the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas which, according to tradition was composed of over 23,000 metrical verses dating from at least the 1st-millennium BCE. There are six chapters (aṃśas) containing typical puranic literature but the contents primarily revolve around Viṣṇu and his avatars.
Asūyā (असूया).—A son of Mṛtyu.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 10. 41.
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.
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Asūyā (असूया) refers to one of the different Bhāvas employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.— The example of asūyā-bhāva is XIII.46.—Here we can see the jealousy arose in the mind of Durodhana on seeing the progress and prosperity made by Pāṇḍavas by building such a nice castle in a forest. The deep sense of jealousy in the mind of Durodhana is seen.
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Asūyā (असूया) refers to “disparagement”, and represents one of the eighteen Addictions or Vices (vyasana) which are to be practised within proper bounds for the delight of the enjoyments of the world, 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, “[...] It has been said that there are eighteen addictions. These are the outcome of the desire for earthly enjovments. [...] Disparagement (asūyā) means be-littling the merits of others and attributing demerits to them. It becomes enjoyable in a party when uttered by jesters and others. In dramas, novels and other compositions it is extensively used, sometimes pithily and sometimes in a verbose and round-about way. [...]”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
asūyā (असूया).—f (S) Impatience of another's excellence, envy. 2 Calumny.
asūyā (असूया).—f Envy; calumny.
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
Asūya (असूय).—a. Grumbling at, displeased with; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.
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Asūyā (असूया).—
1) Envy, intolerance, jealousy (of the happiness of others); क्रुधद्रुहेर्ष्यासूयार्थानां यं प्रति कोपः (krudhadruherṣyāsūyārthānāṃ yaṃ prati kopaḥ) P.I.4.37;III.4.28;VIII.1.8. सासूयम् (sāsūyam) enviously.
2) Calumny, detraction (of the merits of others); असूया परगुणेषु दोषाविष्करणम् (asūyā paraguṇeṣu doṣāviṣkaraṇam) Sk. (= doṣāropo guṇeṣvapi Ak.); Manusmṛti 7.48; R.4.23.
3) Anger, indignation; वधूरसूया- कुटिलं ददर्श (vadhūrasūyā- kuṭilaṃ dadarśa) R.6.82; सासूयमुक्ता सखी (sāsūyamuktā sakhī) Ś.2.2.
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Āśuyā (आशुया).—a. going quickly. -ind. quickly.
Āśuyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms āśu and yā (या).
Asūyā (असूया).—f.
(-yā) 1. Calumny, detraction. 2. The wife of the sage Atri. E. asūñ to detract from, a nominal root, and uk aff.
Asūya (असूय).— (an old denom. based on 2. as), [Parasmaipada.] [Ātmanepada.] 1. To detract, scron, Mahābhārata 4, 99. 2. To reprove, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 196. 3. To be angry, [Mālavikāgnimitra, (ed. Tullberg.)] 51, 18.
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Asūyā (असूया).—i. e. asūya + a, f. 1. Detraction, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 48. 2. Ill-will, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 14, 20.
Asūya (असूय).—grumbling, displeased, envious. [feminine] ā discontent, envy.
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Āśuyā (आशुया).—[adverb] quickly.
1) Asūya (असूय):—1. asūya [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] yati, rarely [Ātmanepada] yate ([present participle] yat, [Ṛg-veda x, 135, 2; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]; [Aorist] āsūyīt, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa iii]; 3. [plural] asūyiṣuḥ, [Rājataraṅgiṇī])
—to murmur at, be displeased or discontented with ([dative case] [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Pāṇini 1-4, 37, etc.] or [accusative] [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.) :—[Causal] ([indeclinable participle] asūyayitvā) to cause to be displeased, irritate, [Mahābhārata iii, 2624] ([Nalopākhyāna])
2) 2. asūya mfn. grumbling at, displeased with ([locative case]), [Mahābhārata xiii, 513]
3) Asūyā (असूया):—[from asūya] f. displeasure, indignation (especially at the merits or the happiness of another), envy, jealousy, [Nirukta, by Yāska; Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra; Manu-smṛti etc.]
4) Āśuyā (आशुया):—[from āśu] ind. ([Vedic or Veda] [instrumental case] of the fem.) quickly, [Ṛg-veda iv, 4, 2; vi, 46, 14.]
Asūyā (असूया):—(yā) 1. f. Calumny; detraction; wife of Atri.
Asūyā (असूया):—(wie eben) f. Unwille, Ungehaltensein: asūyāprativacane [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 4, 28.] asūyopagame [Amarakoṣa 3, 5, 13.] vakṣyāmi tvāṃ hitaṃ kiṃcinna tu samyagasūyayā [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 14, 20.] athaināṃ vadhūrasūyākuṭilaṃ dadarśa [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 82.] sāsūyam adv. [Mṛcchakaṭikā 19, 5.] [Vikramorvaśī 30, 14.] Unwille über die Verdienste oder das Wohlergehen Anderer, Missgunst, Neid, = doṣāropo guṇeṣvapi [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 24.] = anyaguṇadūṣaṇa [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 323.] = paraguṇāsahana [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 1, 8,] [Scholiast] = paraguṇeṣu doṣāviṣkaraṇam [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 48.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 37,] [Scholiast] = anyaguṇarddhīnāmauddhatyādasahiṣṇutā [Sāhityadarpana 72, 13.] paiśunyaṃ sāhasaṃ droha īrṣyāsūyārthadūṣaṇam . vāgdaṇḍajaṃ ca pāruṣyaṃ krodhajo pi gaṇo ṣṭakaḥ .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 48.] [Śākuntala 76, 2.] [Raghuvaṃśa 4, 23.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 17, 12. 89, 16.] Widerwille [Yāska’s Nirukta 2, 3.] — Vgl. anasūya und anasūyā .
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Āśuyā (आशुया):—
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Asūya (असूय):—adj. murrend, ungehalten über Jmd (loc.): guruṣu [Mahābhārata 13, 513.]
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Asūyā (असूया):—, sāsūyam adv. unwillig [Vikramorvaśī 30, 14.]
Asūya (असूय):——
1) Adj. murrend , grollend , ungehalten über. —
2) f. ā das Murren , Ungehaltensein , Unlust , Unwille , Insbes. über die Verdienste oder das Wohlergehen Anderer , Missgunst [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra]
Asūyā (असूया) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Asūyā.
Aśūya (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 不空 [bù kōng]: “Amoghavajra” [Sanskrit personal name]; Alternatively: “not empty”.
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
Asūyā (असूया):—(nf) envy.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Asuya (असुय) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Aśruta.
2) Asuya (असुय) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Asuta.
3) Asūyā (असूया) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Asūcā.
4) Asūyā (असूया) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Asūyā.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Asūya (ಅಸೂಯ):—[noun] a man who has the feeling of chagrin, envy, etc.
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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