# ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā)

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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).

- **SLP1:** `IrzyA`  **IAST:** īrṣyā  **Devanagari:** ईर्ष्या
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%AAr%E1%B9%A3y%C4%81
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/irshya/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** ईर्ष्य (īrṣya)

## Meanings by context

### The emotion of Envy/Jealousy (Noun) (9 definitions)
- envy or impatience of another's success  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 170,3] ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā) ( आ (ā) ), f. envy or impatience of another's success [ ID=29805 ]
- spite, malice  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > spite, malice [ ID=29806 ]
- jealousy  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > jealousy, Atharva-veda (Title); Manu-smṛti (Title); Mahābhārata (Title); Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) &c. [ ID=29807 ]
- Envy, jealousy, spite, or malice.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā) [Printed book page 0283-b ] ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā) - र्षा (īrṣyā -rṣā) [ ईर्ष्य् - अप् (īrṣy-ap) ] Envy, jealousy, envy of another's success, spite, malice. [ ID=7519 ]
- envy, jealousy  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā) [Printed book page 047-3 ] ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā) īrṣy-ā́, f. envy; jealousy: -lu, -vat, -ú, a. envious, jealous; -ita, ( pp. ) n. jealousy, envy; -in, a. jealous; envious. [ ID=4245 ]
- Envy of another's success.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā) [Printed book page 120-25 ] ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā)( र्षा ) (īrṣyā(rṣā)) f. Envy of another’s success. [ ID=5944 ]
- 1. Envy. 2. Jealousy.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā) [Printed book page 0106-a ] ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā) īrṣy + ā, f. 1. Envy, Man. 7, 48. 2. Jealousy, Bhartṛ. 1, 2. — Comp. Sa-īrṣya + m, adv. full of jealousy, Pañc. 27, 10. [ ID=1928 ]
- envy, jealousy  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā) [Printed book page 078 ] ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā) f. envy, jealousy. [ ID=5114 ]
- envy, jealousy  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > ईर्ष्या (īrṣyā) [Printed book page 131-a ] īrṣyā́, f. ill-will; envy; jealousy. [contracted fr. irasyā́, q. v. : cf. śīrṣ-an and śiras. ] [ ID=757 ]

### Being envious (Adjective) (1 definition)
- envious  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 170,3] ईर्ष्य (īrṣya) mfn. envious, envying, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=29804 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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