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अस्तेयasteya

अस्तेय (asteya) is a Sanskrit word meaning not stealing, honesty, abstaining from theft. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Not Stealing / Non-Theft, Honesty (derived from not stealing).

Definitions
7
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Meanings by context

Not Stealing / Non-Theft

5 definitions
not stealing

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

not stealing

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

non-theft, honesty

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

abstaining from theft

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

non-theft, honesty

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Honesty (derived from not stealing)

2 definitions
Honesty

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Honesty

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 7 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.