abstract:Asteya is a Sanskrit word meaning "avoidance of stealing" or "non-stealing". In Jainism, it is one of the five vows that all Śrāvakas and Śrāvikās as well as monastics must take.
Asteya: not taking anything that does notbelong tous. Abstaining from stealingandcorruptiontoremovethegreed from the mind. Greed andpeacecannotco-exist.