Padmakhanda, ʲ峾ṇḍ, Padma-khanda: 8 definitions
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In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritraʲ峾ṇḍ (पद्मखण्ड) or ʲ峾ṇḍpura is the name of an ancient city, according to chapter 3.6 [candraprabha-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, “[...] Then the Lord’s (i.e., Candraprabha’s) fourth kind of knowledge, mind-reading knowledge, illuminating the mind-substance of creatures of the human world, arose. On the next day the Lord broke his fast with rice-pudding at the house of King Somadatta in ʲ峾ṇḍ-pura. The five divine things—the stream of treasure, etc., were made by the gods, and a jeweled platform was made by the king on the ground marked by the Arhat’s feet. [...]�

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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryʲ峾ṇḍ (पद्मखण्ड).—a multitude of lotuses.
Derivable forms: 貹峾ṇḍ (पद्मखण्डम्).
ʲ峾ṇḍ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms padma and ṇḍ (खण्ड). See also (synonyms): 貹峾ṣaṇḍ.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʲ峾ṇḍ (पद्मखण्ड).—n.
(-ṇḍ�) A quantity of lotuses, or spot abounding with them. E. padma a lotus, and ṇḍ a portion or district.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorumʲ峾ṇḍ (पद्मखण्ड) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—of the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. [Mackenzie Collection] 75.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ʲ峾ṇḍ (पद्मखण्ड):—[=padma-ṇḍ] [from padma] n. a quantity of lotuses, [Mṛcchakaṭikā]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of [chapter] of the Brahmāṇḍa-Purāṇa
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʲ峾ṇḍ (पद्मखण्ड):—[padma-ṇḍ] (ṇḍ�) 1. n. Many lotuses.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Padma, Khanda.
Starts with: Padmakhandanagara, Padmakhandapura.
Full-text: Padmakhandanagara, Padmashanda, Padmakhandapura, Padminikhanda, Brahmandapurana.
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