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Answer: First of all i don't know if i have to laugh or pity at you it is not ashta daridyas for your kind information it is ashta daridras and Misfortunes or miseries are more important than fortunes or sources of happiness. When bright fortunes rule a person, he / she will have no difficulty in adjusting his/her surroundings and enjoying their results. Similarly when misfortunes have an upper hand with a person, then the person will not only be unnerved but also will be at loss to know how to meet them.
Arishta means Daridra (sufferings / poverty); in general, Daridra are of eight types, hence we often say Ashta Daridra (eight types of sufferings).
The eight types of suffering in hinduism are:
The eight types of poverty are :
1. Lack of children
2. Lack of valor
3. Lack of victory
4. Lack of money
5. Lack of grandeur
6. Lack of food
7. Lack of auspiciousness
8. Lack of grace of Sri Devi.
दारिद्रय daaridraya n. poverty
1) Ashta Daridrya:
ashta: eight + daridrya: poverty) Eight types of poverties: 1. Lack of children, 2. Lack of valor, 3. Lack of victory, 4. Lack of money, 5. Lack of grandeur, 6. Lack of food, 7. Lack of auspiciousness and 8. Lack of grace of Adi Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth.
2) Ashta Daridrya sans Ashtaishwaryam:
(i) Ashtaishwaryam: (ashta: eight + aishwarya: wealth) Eight kinds of wealth: 1. Shakti, power, 2. Adhipatya, sovereignty, 3. Upanivesha, inhabiting the earth with living beings, 4. Vibhava, exalted position, 5. Dhana, material wealth, 6. Badappana, supremacy, 7. Sarvashakti matta, omnipotence, 8. sarva vyapakata, omnipresence.
(ii) Ashtaishwaryam:
'Puthra Pouthraabhi Vrithischa Vidhyabhoga Balathigam
Ayur Arogyam Sampathi Ashta Aishwaryam Thvamehi'
Not possessing any of Ashtaishwaryam is Ashta Daridrya!
3) Charity from Srimad Bhagavatam (6.14.34):
'tebhyo hiraṇyam rajatam
vasaḿsy abharanani ca
graman hayān gajan pradad
dhenunam arbudani ṣaṭ'
Unto the brahmaṇas who took part in the ritualistic ceremony the King gave charity of gold, silver, garments, ornaments, villages, horses and elephants, as well as sixty crores of cows (six hundred million cows).
Ashta Daridrya is without the following:
(i) hiraṇyam — gold
(ii) rajatam — silver
(iii) vasamsi — garments (silk like)
(iv) abharanani — ornaments (with precious stones)
(v) graman — villages (lands for homes and cultivation)
(vi) hayan — horses
(viii) gajan — elephants
(viii) dhenunam — (of) cows
Arishta means Daridra (sufferings / poverty); in general, Daridra are of eight types, hence we often say Ashta Daridra (eight types of sufferings).
The eight types of suffering in hinduism are:
- Retributive Suffering - caused by sin and disobedience to God.
- Educational or Disciplinary Suffering - by not believing on the lords judgements
- Vicarious Suffering - Vicarious Suffering is the act of allowing one self to go thru suffering for the sake of others.
- Empathetic Suffering - where one person's grief affects many others,
- Evidential or Testimonial Suffering
- Doxological Suffering - for the glory of God , like in the case of kannapa nayanar
- Revelational Suffering - for saying the truth
- Apocalyptic or Eschatological Suffering - that will come at the end of this age.
The eight types of poverty are :
1. Lack of children
2. Lack of valor
3. Lack of victory
4. Lack of money
5. Lack of grandeur
6. Lack of food
7. Lack of auspiciousness
8. Lack of grace of Sri Devi.
दारिद्रय daaridraya n. poverty
1) Ashta Daridrya:
ashta: eight + daridrya: poverty) Eight types of poverties: 1. Lack of children, 2. Lack of valor, 3. Lack of victory, 4. Lack of money, 5. Lack of grandeur, 6. Lack of food, 7. Lack of auspiciousness and 8. Lack of grace of Adi Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth.
2) Ashta Daridrya sans Ashtaishwaryam:
(i) Ashtaishwaryam: (ashta: eight + aishwarya: wealth) Eight kinds of wealth: 1. Shakti, power, 2. Adhipatya, sovereignty, 3. Upanivesha, inhabiting the earth with living beings, 4. Vibhava, exalted position, 5. Dhana, material wealth, 6. Badappana, supremacy, 7. Sarvashakti matta, omnipotence, 8. sarva vyapakata, omnipresence.
(ii) Ashtaishwaryam:
'Puthra Pouthraabhi Vrithischa Vidhyabhoga Balathigam
Ayur Arogyam Sampathi Ashta Aishwaryam Thvamehi'
Not possessing any of Ashtaishwaryam is Ashta Daridrya!
3) Charity from Srimad Bhagavatam (6.14.34):
'tebhyo hiraṇyam rajatam
vasaḿsy abharanani ca
graman hayān gajan pradad
dhenunam arbudani ṣaṭ'
Unto the brahmaṇas who took part in the ritualistic ceremony the King gave charity of gold, silver, garments, ornaments, villages, horses and elephants, as well as sixty crores of cows (six hundred million cows).
Ashta Daridrya is without the following:
(i) hiraṇyam — gold
(ii) rajatam — silver
(iii) vasamsi — garments (silk like)
(iv) abharanani — ornaments (with precious stones)
(v) graman — villages (lands for homes and cultivation)
(vi) hayan — horses
(viii) gajan — elephants
(viii) dhenunam — (of) cows
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