Heyaheya, Heyāheya: 1 definition
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Heyaheya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Heyāheya (हेयाहेय) refers to “good and bad qualities” of the eighteen Addictions or Vices (vyasana), 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, such as rudeness of speech and so on. Their names and their good and bad aspects (heyāheya) will now be enumerated. [...] These are the seventeen ‘addictions,’ and hunting is the eighteenth. Their good and bad aspects (heyāheya) have thus been described by Bhisma to Yudhisthira :—‘O, most liberal in charity, you should give up all sorts of ‘addictions,’ not that you should not practise them at all, but you should not be given up to them’.”.
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.
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