Yamas
“five vows”
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Yama vows · ahiṁsā, brahmacarya, satya, non-engagement, astainya · ahiṁsā, brahmacaryaṁ, śuddhi, āhāralāghavam, astainyam · the five yamas · vows of Yama · yama
spoken of as
1 expressionyama“the five vows”1 mention
Slokantara (Kawi)
[Slo_15s-ab] ahiṁsā brahmacaryaṁ ca śuddhir āhāralāghavam | [Slo_15s-cd] astainyam iti pañcaite yamā rudreṇa bhāṣitāḥ || 15 ||
in the texts
Slokantara
The five ascetic vows: non-violence, celibacy, purity, moderation in food, and non-theft.
[Slo_15s-ab] ahiṁsā brahmacaryaṁ ca śuddhir āhāralāghavam | [Slo_15s-cd] astainyam iti pañcaite yamā rudreṇa bhāṣitāḥ || 15 ||
one must simply hold to one's ascetic vows.
Vratisasana
The five moral restraints (non-violence, chastity, truthfulness, non-engagement in worldly transactions, non-stealing) that a viku must protect.
[VS_03s-cd] *and astainya—these five are declared by Rudra to be the Yamas.
The mind becomes defiled in such a case, resulting in the *viku* committing adultery (*paradāra*), or else *agamyāgamana*, or else intercourse with the teacher's wife (*gurvaṅganāgamana*).
[VS_03s-ab] *Ahiṁsā, brahmacarya, satya, non-engagement in worldly affairs,*