Hya may refer to:
Śāṭhya (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: yo) is a Buddhist term translated as "hypocrisy", "dishonesty", "deception", or "concealment of shortcomings". It is identified as one of the twenty subsidiary unwholesome mental factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings. In this context, it is defined as concealing ones own faults because of a desire for things such as honor and material gain.
The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:
Alexander Berzin explains:
Beta Hydrae (Beta Hya, β Hydrae, β Hya) is a double star in the constellation of Hydra. Its overall apparent visual magnitude varies by 0.04 magnitudes with a period of 2.344 days, and is approximately 4.27 at maximum brightness. The brighter star in the double is a giant Bp star which has been classified as an α2 Canum Venaticorum variable.
Beta Hydrae was a latter designation of 28 Crateris.