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Mārdava (Sanskrit: मार्दव) means mildness, softness, gentleness, kindness, weakness and pliancy. In Hinduism, there are eight ''aśtopāyas'', or eight ways of attaining moksha, and ''Mārdava'' is one of them, the other seven being – ''Yajna'' (यज्ञ) (sacrifices), ''Dāna'' (दान) (charity), ''Vedadhyayana'' (the study of the Vedas), ''Tapas'' (तप) (penance, deep meditation), ''Dama'' (दम) (subduing the senses by restraining the sense-organs), ''Satya'' (सत्य) (truth in speech and act), and ''Tyāga'' (त्याग) (renunciation of desire). In Jainism, ''mārdava'' or compassion or supreme tenderness or humility, which is part of Right Belief, is a means to destroy vanity or egotism which gives rise to many evils which defile the virtues of our soul; it is held that humility is the foundation of compassion and the basis for salvation. With the eight kinds of pride totally avoided, knowledge brings humility.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Jain Heritage Centres )〕 Tattvārthasūtra (IX.6) lists ''mārdava'' (modesty) as one of the ten aspects of the highest '' dharma ''. Bhagavad Gita (XVI.1-3) also classifies ''mārdava'' as a divine quality and the Buddhists consider ''mārdava'' as the realization of Dharma (''dharma-pratipatti''). Patanjali mentions ''mārdava'' as a low pitch along with ''anvavavasarga'' and ''udutā khasya''; he explains this word as ''svarasya mridutā'' or ''snigdhatā'' (smoothness of sound). ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mardava」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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