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Bhuvanapati: 5 definitions

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Bhuvanapati means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Bhuvanapati in Jainism glossary
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Bhuvanapati (भुवनपत�) refers to the “lords of the world�, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Rudra, elephants of the quarters, gods [com.—the lords of the world, etc. (ܱԲ貹ٲ岹ⲹ�)], demons, aerial spirits, aquatic predators, the planets, the Vyantaras , the guardians of the quarters of the sky, the enemies [of Vāsudeva], Hari, Bala, the chief of the snakes, the lord of the discus (i.e. Viṣṇu) and others who are powerful, the wind, the sun, etc. all themselves having come together are not able to protect an embodied soul even for an instant [when death is] initiated by the servants of Yama�.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Bhuvanapati in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhuvanapati (भुवनपत�).—[masculine] the lord of the world.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhuvanapati (भुवनपत�):—[=bhuvana-pati] [from bhuvana > bhū] (bhuv) m. the lord of beings or of the w°, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; ???] (also [wrong reading] for bhavana-p).

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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