Vidyadevi, 痴颈诲测腻诲别惫墨, Vidya-devi: 6 definitions
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In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: The Jaina Iconography痴颈诲测腻诲别惫墨 (啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ啶︵啶掂) or 鈥渢he Goddesses of learning鈥� are sixteen in number, commonly depicted as in Jaina iconography.鈥擨n no other Indian religion are the goddesses of knowledge so numerous. Besides the sixteen 痴颈诲测腻诲别惫墨s, the Jains of both sects admit into their pantheon, one 艢ruta诲别惫墨 or Sarasvat墨 approximating very closely the Brahmanical conception of the same goddess. [...] She seems to be at the head of the collective body of the sixteen 痴颈诲测腻诲别惫墨s and her worship is prior to that of other subordinate deities. [...] The conceptions and imageries of the other sixteen goddesses of learning, if analysed disclose clear points of identity in respect of names, attributes, etc., with those of the Jain Yak峁峁嚹玸.
The sixteen 痴颈诲测腻诲别惫墨s (goddesses of learning) are:鈥�
- 搁辞丑颈峁嚹�,
- 笔谤补箩帽补辫迟颈,
- 痴补箩谤补艣峁涐箙办丑补濒腻,
- 痴补箩谤腻峁卥耻艣腻,
- Apraticakr膩 or Jambunad膩,
- 笔耻谤耻峁诲补迟迟腻,
- 碍腻濒墨,
- 惭补丑腻办腻濒墨,
- 骋补耻谤墨,
- 骋腻苍诲丑腻谤墨,
- Mah膩jv膩l膩 or Jv膩l膩m膩lin墨,
- 惭腻苍补惫墨,
- 痴补颈谤辞峁�,
- 础肠测耻辫迟腻,
- 惭腻苍补蝉墨,
- 惭补丑腻尘腻苍补蝉墨.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary痴颈诲测腻诲别惫墨 (啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ啶︵啶掂).鈥攖he goddess of learning.
痴颈诲测腻诲别惫墨 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 惫颈诲测腻 and 诲别惫墨 (啶︵啶掂).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴颈诲测腻诲别惫墨 (啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ啶︵啶掂).鈥攆. (-惫墨) A female divinity, one of a class of sixteen peculiar apparently to the mythological system of the Jainas. E. 惫颈诲测腻 science, 诲别惫墨 a goddess; a goddess of learning or science, a muse.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴颈诲测腻诲别惫墨 (啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ啶︵啶掂):鈥擺=惫颈诲测腻-诲别惫墨] [from 惫颈诲测腻 > vid] f. 鈥榞oddess of learning鈥�, a female divinity peculiar to the Jainas (16 are named), [Campaka-艣re峁ａ弓hi-kath膩naka]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴颈诲测腻诲别惫墨 (啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ啶︵啶掂):鈥擺惫颈诲测腻-诲别惫墨] (惫墨) 3. f. A goddess of the Jainas.
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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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