Suvatsa, 厂耻惫补迟蝉腻, Su-vatsa: 3 definitions
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: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra1) 厂耻惫补迟蝉腻 (啶膏啶掂い啷嵿じ啶�) refers to one of the Dikkum膩rik膩s living on upper Rucaka on the peaks of the garden Nandana, according to chapter 2.2 [补箩颈迟补苍腻迟丑补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly: 鈥淸...] Then the eight Dikkum膩rik膩s living in upper Rucaka on the peaks of the garden Nandana: Megha峁卥ar膩, Meghavat墨, Sumegh膩, Megham膩lin墨, 厂耻惫补迟蝉腻, Vatsamitr膩, V膩rise峁嚹�, Bal膩hak膩, wearing divine ornaments, attended by Mahattar膩s, S膩m膩nik墨s, and body-guards, by armies and generals as before, went to the birth-house purified by the Master鈥檚 birth and circumambulated the Jinendra and the Jina鈥檚 mother three times. After announcing themselves like the preceding ones, bowing to Vijay膩 and praising (her), they made (by magic) the sky dark with clouds, in that same place. [...]鈥�.
2) 厂耻惫补迟蝉腻 (啶膏啶掂い啷嵿じ啶�) is the name of a southern province situated in East-Videha in Jamb奴dv墨pa which is situated in the 鈥渕iddle world鈥� (madhyaloka), according to chapter 2.2.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] Between them (i.e., the Vidyutprabha and Saumanasa Mountains) are the bhogabhumis, the Devakurus. [...] Between them (i.e., the Gandham膩dana and M膩lyavat Mountains) are the very charming Uttarakurus [...] East of the Devakurus and Uttarakurus, they are called East Videhas, and to the west, West Videhas, like different countries to each other. In each, there are 16 provinces, inaccessible to each other, separated by rivers and mountains, suitable to be conquered by a Cakrin. [viz., Suvatsa, etc.] are the southern provinces of East Videha. [...]鈥�.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂耻惫补迟蝉腻 (啶膏啶掂い啷嵿じ啶�):鈥擺=蝉耻-惫补迟蝉腻] [from su > su-yaj] f. Name of a Dik-kum膩r墨, [P膩r艣van膩tha-caritra]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Suvatsa (啶膏啶掂い啷嵿じ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Suvaccha, 厂耻惫补肠肠丑腻.
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: Suvatsaka.
Full-text: Suvaccha, Vatsamitra.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 37 < [Volume 16 (1913)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 104 < [Volume 6 (1882)]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 23: Description of Jamb奴dv墨pa < [Chapter III - The initiation and omniscience of Ajita]
Part 7: Birth-rites performed by Dikkum膩r墨s < [Chapter II - Birth of Ajita and Sagara]