Vimalacandra, Vimala-candra: 3 definitions
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Vimalacandra means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Vimalachandra.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I1) Vimalacandra (啶掂た啶げ啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ) is the name of a teacher in the lineage of Dharmavardhana (alias Dharmas墨): the author of the 鈥�艢r墨mat墨 no co岣峢膩lyo鈥� (dealing with the lives of Jain female heroes), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the 鈥榁incenzo Joppi鈥� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.鈥擠harmavardhana was born in VS 1700 under the name Dharmas墨, which he uses as signature in some of his works. He became a monk in VS 1713, belonged to the kharataragaccha, composed a large number of works of different genres and died at the age of 80. His lineage was: S膩dhuk墨rti鈥擲膩dhusundara鈥擵imalak墨rti鈥擵imalacandra鈥擵ijayahar峁, his direct teacher, mentioned at the end of the present composition.
2) Vimalacandra (啶掂た啶げ啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ) or Vimalacandras奴ri is the name of a teacher belonging to the 补帽肠补濒补-驳补肠肠丑补, according to the A帽calagaccha-pa峁弓膩val墨 (dealing with Jain lineages history).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVimalacandra (啶掂た啶げ啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ):鈥擺=vi-mala-candra] [from vi-mala] m. Name of a king, [Buddhist literature]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Candra, Vimala.
Starts with: Vimalacandrasuri.
Full-text: Vimalacandrasuri, Vimalakirti, Sadhukirti, Dharmavardhana, Dharmasi.
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