Lingayata, Li峁単膩yata, Limgayata: 3 definitions
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Lingayata means something in the history of ancient India, Hindi. 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.
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: Wisdom Library: India HistoryLingayata (or, Li峁単膩yata) refers to one of the 84 castes (gaccha) in the Jain community according to local Gujarat tradition. The Jain caste and sub-caste system was a comparatively later development within their community, and it may have arisen from the ancient classification of 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺, 碍峁迟谤颈测补, 痴补颈艣测补 and 艢奴诲谤补. Before distinction of these classes (such as Lingayata), the society was not divided into distinct separate sections, but all were considered as different ways of life and utmost importance was attached to individual chartacter and mode of behaviour.
According to Dr. Vilas Adinath Sangava, 鈥�Jainism does not recognise castes (viz., Lingayata) as such and at the same time the Jaina books do not specifically obstruct the observance of caste rules by the members of the Jaina community. The attitude of Jainism towards caste is that it is one of the social practices, unconnected with religion, observed by people; and it was none of its business to regulate the working of the caste system鈥� ().
The legendary account of the origin of these 84 Jain castes (e.g., Lingayata) relate that once a rich Jain invited members of the Jain community in order to establish a 惫补颈艣测补-尘补丑腻蝉补产丑腻 (i.e. Central Association of Traders). In response, 84 representatives came from different places, and they were later seen as the progenitors of these castes. Various sources however mention differences in the list.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryLi峁僩膩yata (啶侧た啶傕啶距く啶�) [Also spelled lingayat]:鈥�(nm) a sect of Shaivites.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusLi峁僩膩yata (嗖侧部嗖傕矖嗖距帛嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a training given to a person by a spiritual teacher regarding worshipping of, and the secret of, linga.
2) [noun] a person who is so initiated into the V墨ra艣aiva sect.
3) [noun] the sect itself.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Full-text: Limgayita, Limgayta, Lingayat, Pancacara, Korishetti.
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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 7 - Worship of the Li峁単a < [Section 1 - Ked膩ra-kha峁囜笉a]
Chapter 3 - V墨rabhadra Comes to the Yaj帽a < [Section 1 - Ked膩ra-kha峁囜笉a]
Chapter 13 - 艢atarudriya Li峁単as < [Section 2 - Kaum膩rik膩-kha峁囜笉a]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Glories of India (Culture and Civilization) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Introduction to Buddhism < [Chapter 7 - Original literatures]
The concept of Yoga according to Yoga Upanisads (by Jeong Soo Lee)
3b. Bhakti-Yoga in Shaivism < [Chapter 2 - The nature of Karma, Jnana and Bhakti as the kinds of Yoga]
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La question de la d茅finition de l鈥檌dentit茅 hindoue < [Volume 186 (2019)]
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