Vikatapatin, Vikata-patin, 痴颈办补峁乸补迟颈苍: 1 definition
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: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra痴颈办补峁乸补迟颈苍 (啶掂た啶曕啶距お啶むた啶ㄠ) is the name of a mountain in Jamb奴dv墨pa which is situated in the 鈥渕iddle world鈥� (madhyaloka), 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:鈥斺�淢aking the division between these there are 7 mountain-ranges, bounding the zones: Himavat, Mah膩himavat, Ni峁dha, N墨la, Rukmin, and 艢ikharin with equal diameter at the base and top. [...] In the space between K峁drahimavat and Mah膩himavat, there is a round Vait膩岣峢ya mountain, named 艢abd膩p膩tin. Between 艢ikharin and Rukmin is Mountain 痴颈办补峁乸补迟颈苍; Gandh膩p膩tin is between Mah膩himavat and Ni峁dha; M膩lyavat is between the N墨la and Rukmin Mountains. All are cylindrical shaped and 1000 yojanas 丑颈驳丑鈥�.
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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Partial matches: Vikata, Pati, Patti.
Full-text: Shikharin, Gandhapatin, Shabdapatin, Rukmin, Malyavat.
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