ईर्ष्याīrṣyā

ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā) is a Sanskrit word meaning envious, envy or impatience of another's success, spite, malice, jealousy, envy of another's success. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them The emotion of Envy/Jealousy (Noun), Being envious (Adjective).

Meanings by context

The emotion of Envy/Jealousy (Noun)

9 definitions
envy or impatience of another's success

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

spite, malice

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

jealousy

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Envy, jealousy, spite, or malice.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

envy, jealousy

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Envy of another's success.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Envy. 2. Jealousy.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

envy, jealousy

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

envy, jealousy

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

Being envious (Adjective)

1 definition
envious

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 7 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.