austerities

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Tapa - Penance or Austerities (To practice austerities putting a check on all worldly allurements.) > 8.

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Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.

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noun

Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.

noun

Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.

noun

(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for austerities.

noun

Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.

noun

Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.

noun

(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.

Example sentences

Tapa - Penance or Austerities (To practice austerities putting a check on all worldly allurements.) > 8.

Is that because of the euro, or because the policies of austerities that were chosen at that time?

All Hindus and even women wore sacred thread at one time because it was necessary for rituals and for performing death austerities.

I wish to know what thou desire in performing these austerities, oh Ascetic.

I have seen many others use (and mention the use of) Grunt to reboot the server on file change, this is one of those programing austerities I have not given up (yet).

Although I was not lacking in strength, although I maintained mindfulness and did not fall from mindfulness, my body and my mind were not at peace, and I was exhausted by these efforts, This practice caused other feelings of pain to arise in me besides the pain associated with the austerities, and I was not able to tame my mind.