Itvara: 11 definitions
Introduction:
Itvara means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraItvara (इत्वर) refers to “lowly people”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 46.—Accordingly, “Beings who hear these exhortations are ‘established in the perfection of exertion’. [...] [To all, the Bodhisattva says:] Do not give yourself up to empty and ineffective laziness. Poor people and lowly people (itvara) are afflicted by all kinds of painful efforts, but laziness is the lowest of the faults: it destroys the benefits and good paths of the present life and the future life. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryItvara (इत्वर).—a. (-rī f.) [इ-क्वरप् (i-kvarap)]
1) Going; Ṛgveda 1.88.4. travelling, a traveller.
2) Cruel, harsh, Śiva. B.14. 16.
3) Low, vile.
4) Despised, contemned.
5) Poor.
-raḥ A eunuch.
-rī 1 A disloyal or unchaste woman.
2) An abhisārikā q. v.
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Itvara (इत्वर).—a.
1) A traveller,
2) A poor person.
3) A wicked and a debaucherous man.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryItvara (इत्वर).—adj. (= Pali ittara; Sanskrit Lex., rare and late in lit., see [Boehtlingk]; compare itara, which in Pali is commonly treated as the same word but seems to be unrelated in origin; possibly secondary blending has occurred between the two words), slight, small, trivial, unimportant; brief, momentary (of time): Mahāvyutpatti 2699 °ram (n. sg.); Mahāvastu iii.186.4 °raṃ khu ayaṃ tāpo, this (sun's) heat is a trivial thing; Lalitavistara 123.4 (verse) kiṃ tasyābharaṇebhir (so, as one word) itvaraiḥ, what need has he of trivial (ordinary, worthless) ornaments?; Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 39.12 asāram itvaraṃ ca lokam (acc. sg.); Śikṣāsamuccaya 167.8 mahākāruṇyacittotpādenetvareṇa kāmopa- sanihitena, by an impulse of pity, tho vile (? better trivial, slight), and full of desire (Bendall-Rouse); of virtue, merit, etc., Gaṇḍavyūha 529.9 itvara-guṇa-saṃtuṣṭair, satisfied with slight virtues; Lalitavistara 271.3 (verse) itvarapuṇya devamanujā; Gaṇḍavyūha 508.24 itvara-kuśalamūlānāṃ devamanuṣyāṇāṃ (of those who do not follow the Mahāyāna); Śikṣāsamuccaya 60.14 itvara-kuśala- mūlāḥ; of time, Bodhisattvabhūmi 87.4 itvarakālābhyāsāt (short), con- trasted with dīrghakālābhyāsāt line 3; vijñāyate netvara- darśanena Udānavarga xxix.11 = Pali SN i.79.17 (momentary, fleeting glance); of gifts, Divyāvadāna 317.8 kiṃ punar me itvareṇa dānena pradattena.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryIṭvara (इट्वर).—m.
(-raḥ) A bull or steer allowed to go at liberty. E. iṣa to wish, kvip affix, and car who goes, going at will; also iḍvara.
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Itvara (इत्वर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) 1. Low, vile. 2. Cruel, harsh. 3. A traveller. 4. Poor, indigent. 5. Going, moving, what goes. f. (-rī) A disloyal or unchaste woman. E. ita and kvarap aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryItvara (इत्वर).—[adjective] the same; low mean.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Itvara (इत्वर):—[from i] mf(ī)n. going, walking, [Ṛg-veda x, 88, 4]
2) [v.s. ...] travelling
3) [v.s. ...] a traveller
4) [v.s. ...] cruel, harsh, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] poor, indigent, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] low, vile, condemned, [Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha]
7) [v.s. ...] m. a bull or steer allowed to go at liberty ([varia lectio] iṭcara, q.v.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryItvara (इत्वर):—[(raḥ-rā-raṃ) a.] Quick; vile; cruel; poor. f. Unchaste woman.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Itvara (इत्वर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ittara.
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusItvara (ಇತ್ವರ):—
1) [noun] a person who travels or is travelling.
2) [noun] a poor man.
3) [noun] a wicked man.
4) [noun] (dial.) the fact or condition of not having enough; shortage; deficiency.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Itvara-parigrihita-gamana, Itvaran.
Ends with: Abhitvara, Bhitvara, Chhitvara, Chitvara, Jitvara, Kadaca Aditvara, Oshadhitvara, Prasritvara, Samuditvara, Shevataca Aditvara, Sritvara, Uditvara, Udyaca Aditvara, Vicitvara, Vijitvara, Visritvara.
Full-text: Ittara, Antaka, Itvari, Anashvasa, Uditvara, Itvaran, Anashvasika, Atitvari, Itvara-parigrihita-gamana, Bhittvara, Bhitvara, Brahmavrata.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.88.4 < [Sukta 88]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 11: Sermon by Pārśva < [Chapter III - Birth, youth, initiation, and omniscience of Śrī Pārśva]
Appendix 5.2: new and rare words < [Appendices]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
III. Exhortations to the practice of the six perfections (pāramitā) < [Part 3 - Establishing beings in the six perfections]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XIX - The Jātaka of Gaṅgapāla < [Volume III]