Kausidya, Kausīdya, Kaushidya: 11 definitions
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Kausidya 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 SastraKausīdya (कौसीद्य, “laziness”).—In householders (gṛhastha), laziness (kausīdya) ruins wealth (dhana) and merits (puṇya); among monastics, it ruins celestial happiness and the bliss of nirvāṇa; in both, one’s good name is lost. Even great culprits and great thieves avoid laziness. (also see Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter X part 7)
Source: WikiPedia: Mahayana BuddhismKausīdya (कौसीद्य) (Tibetan: le-lo) refers to “laziness” and represents one of the “five faults” (ādīnava), connected with śamatha (“access concentration”), according to Kamalaśīla and the Śrāvakabhūmi section of the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra.
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.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaKausīdya (कौसीद्य, “indolence”) refers to one of the fourty “conditions” (saṃskāra) that are “associated with mind” (citta-samprayukta) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 30). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., kausīdya). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Kausīdya also refers to one of the “twenty-four minor defilements” (upakleśa) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 69).
Kausīdya also refers to the one of the “six obstacles to concentration” (samādhi-āvaraṇa) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 118).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKausīdya (कौसीद्य).—[kusīda-ṣyañ]
1) The practice of usury.
2) Sloth, indolence.
Derivable forms: kausīdyam (कौसीद्यम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKauśīdya (कौशीद्य) or Kausīdya.—q.v.
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Kausīdya (कौसीद्य) or Kauśīdya.—once °tya, nt. (abstract n. from kusīda; = Pali kosajja, contrasting with kusīta), sloth; note Bodhisattvabhūmi 73.4—5 vīrya-vipakṣaṃ kau°; almost always written with s; with ś Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 18.2, and v.l. Mahāvastu ii.364.14 (probably to be adopted here since Mahāvastu writes kuśīda); v.l., two mss., in Dharmasaṃgraha 30 kausītyam, compare the Pali kusīta; a-kausīdya, zeal, Jātakamālā 2.4; other cases of kaus° Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 22.11; 28.1; Lalitavistara 88.2, 5; Mahāvyutpatti 1974; Dharmasaṃgraha 69; Divyāvadāna 464.19; Jātakamālā 110.20; Avadāna-śataka i.18.7; Śikṣāsamuccaya 298.4; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 73.14; 495.18; Gaṇḍavyūha 91.24; Bodhisattvabhūmi 15.1; 232.22.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKausīdya (कौसीद्य).—n.
(-dyaṃ) 1. Sloth, indolence. 2. The practice of usury. E. kusīda usury, &c. affix yaña.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kauṣīdya (कौषीद्य):—See kausīdya.
2) Kausīdya (कौसीद्य):—[from kausita] n. sloth, indolence, [Lalita-vistara] (printed [edition] kauṣ)
3) [v.s. ...] the practice of usury, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKausīdya (कौसीद्य):—(dyaṃ) 1. n. Sloth; usury.
[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 corpusKausīdya (ಕೌಸೀದ್ಯ):—[noun] a living on the interest amount earned on loans lent to others.
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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