Arya and Anarya are primarly used in the moral sense in the Hindu Epics. People are usually called Arya or Anarya based on their behaviour. Arya - Ramayana. In the Ramayana, the term Arya can also apply to Raksasas or to Ravana, if their behaviour was "Aryan". In several instances, the Vanaras and Raksasas call themselves Arya. The monkey king Surgriva is called an Arya (Ram: 505102712) and he also speaks of his brother Valin as an Arya (Ram: 402402434). In another instance in the Ramayana, Ravana regards himself an ...

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Arya, Arya - Religious and spiritual uses, Arya - Buddhism, Arya - Arya in the Epics, Arya - Ramayana, Arya - Mahabharata

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The word Arya is very frequently used in Buddhist texts. Buddhist texts refer to this term much more often than do Hindu or Jain texts. Buddha's Dharma and Vinaya is the ariyassa dhammavinayo. The four noble truths are called the Arya Satyani (catvAri-Arya-satyAni), the noble eightfold path is called the Aryamarga (Arya-ashtANgika-mArga, in Pali:Ariyamagga). Buddhists themselves are called ariyapuggalas (Arya persons). In Buddhist texts, the Aryas are those who have the Buddhist "sila" virtue and are following the Buddhist path. Those who despise Bud ...

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Arya (árya-) is a Sanskrit term used by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and others. It means "master, noble, lord" or can refer to any Vaishya. In Avestan, the cognate word is an n-stem, airyan-. The honorific term -ji (which is used for example in Gandhiji), is derived from Arya (through the Pali aya or aja and Apabhramsa aje). The important Sanskrit lexicon Amarakosha (ca. 450 AD) defines Aryan as: "An Arya is one who hails from a noble family, of gentle behavior and demeanor, good-natured and of ...

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The Anguttara Nikaya refers to Kamboja as one of the sixteen great nations of ancient times (Anguttara Nikaya, I. p 213; IV. pp 252, 256, 261). The same fact is also conveyed by one of the oldest Pali commentary, the Chullaniddesa. The Majjhima Nikaya attests that in the lands of Yavanas, Kambojas and some other frontier nations, there were only two classes of people...Aryas and Dasas...the masters and slaves. The Arya could become Dasa and vice versa: Yona-Kambojaseu annesu cha panchchantimesu janapadesu dvea vanna, ayyo ceva daaso ca ayyo hutva daaso hoti daaso hu ...

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Kambojas in Indian Literature, Kambojas in Indian Literature - Kambojas of Panini's Ashtadhyai, Kambojas in Indian Literature - Kambojas of Yasaka's Nirukuta, Kambojas in Indian Literature - Mahabharata Traditions, Kambojas in Indian Literature - Epic War and the Kambojas, Kambojas in Indian Literature - Puranic Literature, Kambojas in Indian Literature - Kautiliya's Arthashastra, Kambojas in Indian Literature - Buddhist Literature, Kambojas in Indian Literature - Kambojas in Manusmriti, Kambojas in Indian Literature - Valmiki Ramayana

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Arya Samaj: Society of Aryans, founded in 1875 by the north Indian Swami Dayanand. He aimed to transform Hinduism from within by removing such extraneous, and often difficult to rationalize, elements as the Puranas, the epics that tell of the exploits of the various deities.

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The term Arya is often used in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Zoroastrian texts. In the spiritual context it can be applied to Rishis or to someone who has has mastered the four noble truths and entered upon the spiritual path. The religions of India are sometimes called collectively "Arya Dharma", a term that includes the religions that originated in India (e.g. Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma), Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism). The term Aryan can also be applied to an approach to religion or to religious systems that are similar to Hinduism or Buddhism (e.g. Taoism, Paganism, Zoroastrianism). Swami Dayananda f ...

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