Ashta Daridrya : 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 Wealth.
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/mastery,
7. Sarvashakti matta ~ omnipotence ability
8. sarva vyapakata ~ omnipresence.
Eight types of sufferings acc. to hinduism :
Retributive Suffering - caused by sin and disobedience to God/Good
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 which comes at the end of this age.
Courtesy - hindu religious society yahoo group
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