Audasya, Audāsya: 9 definitions
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Audasya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Audāsya (औदास्य) refers to a “cause for indifference”, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] He whose mind is pure and undistracted from the simple hearing of the Truth sees neither something to do nor something to avoid nor a cause for indifference (audāsya). [naivācāramanācāramaudāsyaṃ vā prapaśyati] The straightforward person does whatever arrives to be done, good or bad, for his actions are like those of a child. [...]”.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
audāsya (औदास्य).—n Indifference, uncon- cern, stoicism.
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
Audāsya (औदास्य).—[udāsīna or udāsa-ṣyañ]
1) Indifference, apathy; पर्याप्तोऽसि प्रजाः पातुमौदासीन्येन वर्तितुम् (paryāpto'si prajāḥ pātumaudāsīnyena vartitum) R.1.25; इदानीमौदास्यं यदि भजसि भागीरथि (idānīmaudāsyaṃ yadi bhajasi bhāgīrathi) G. L.4.
2) Solitariness, loneliness.
3) Perfect indifference (to worldly affairs), stoicism.
Derivable forms: audāsyam (औदास्यम्).
See also (synonyms): audāsīnya.
Audāsya (औदास्य).—n.
(-syaṃ) Philosophy, stoicism, indifference. E. udāsa, and ṣyañ aff.
Audāsya (औदास्य).—[neuter] indifference.
Audāsya (औदास्य):—[from audāsīnya] n. ([from] 2. ud-āsa) idem, [Naiṣadha-carita; Śāntiśataka etc.]
Audāsya (औदास्य):—(syaṃ) 1. n. Stoicism.
Audāsya (औदास्य):—n. dass. [Śihlana’s Śāntiśataka 3, 19.] [Naiṣadhacarita 11, 99.] kṣauṇīvilikhanahetorvaya mapi kubjāḥ kimaudāsyam [PADYĀV. im Śabdakalpadruma] — Von udāsa (von 2. ās mit ud) = udāsīna .
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Audāsya (ಔದಾಸ್ಯ):—[noun] = ಔದಾಸೀನ [audasina].
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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