Gunashila, 骋耻峁嘺艣墨濒补: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 骋耻峁嘺艣墨濒补 can be transliterated into English as Gunasila or Gunashila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Jainism骋耻峁嘺艣墨濒补 (啶椸啶｀ざ啷�啶�) is the name of a caitya (鈥榮hrine鈥�, dedicated to a deity), located in the town R膩jag峁沨a, according to the Bhagavat墨-s奴tra, also known as The 痴测腻办丑测腻辫谤补箩帽补辫迟颈 (鈥淓xposition of Explanations鈥�). The Bhagavat墨-s奴tra is the largest of twelve Jain 腻驳补尘补蝉 and was composed by Sudharm膩sv膩m墨 in the 6th century.
: HereNow4u: Lord 艢r墨 Mah膩v墨ra骋耻峁嘺艣墨濒补 (啶椸啶｀ざ啷�啶�) is the name of a sacred spot visited by Mah膩v墨ra during his 1st Year as 碍别惫补濒墨.鈥擜fter founding the 迟墨谤迟丑补 the Lord returned once more to R膩jag峁沨a from 鈥楳adhyam膩p膩v膩鈥� and completed the rainy season halt of that year there. The 1st Year as omniscient (办别惫补濒墨). In those days in R膩jag峁沨a, there were many householders of the P膩r艣va tradition. The Lord resided in the 骋耻峁嘺艣墨濒补-caitya there.
骋耻峁嘺艣墨濒补 was also visited by Mah膩v墨ra during his several of his years as 碍别惫补濒墨.
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, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary骋耻峁嘺艣墨濒补 (啶椸啶｀ざ啷�啶�).鈥攁dj. virtuous, [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补] i. [distich] 182.
骋耻峁嘺艣墨濒补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 驳耻峁嘺 and 艣墨濒补 (啶多啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 骋耻峁嘺艣颈濒补 (啶椸啶｀ざ啶苦げ):鈥擺=驳耻峁嘺-艣ila] [from 驳耻峁嘺] m. 鈥榚xcellent rock鈥�, Name of a Caitya, [Hemacandra鈥檚 Pari艣i峁ａ弓aparvan]
2) 骋耻峁嘺艣墨濒补 (啶椸啶｀ざ啷�啶�):鈥擺=驳耻峁嘺-艣墨濒补] [from 驳耻峁嘺] See a-g
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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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Starts with: Gunashilatas.
Full-text: Gunashilatas, Agunashila, Vipula, Rajagriha, Agnibhuti, Metarya, Vyakta, Vayubhuti, Acalabhrata, Prabhasa, Akampita, Mandita, Indrabhuti.
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