Alternative spellings of this word include Jambucharita.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Jambūcarita (जम्बूचरित) is the name of a work by Padmasundarasūri dealing with Jain universal history such as the lives of early Jain teachers.—The Jambūcarita (in with an interlinear Gujarati commentary or Ṭabo) is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The style of the Jambūcarita is very close to the narrative prose of the canonical works. According to H.R. Kapadia it belongs to “supernumerary paiṇṇagas”, because in some manuscripts the designation paiṇṇaga is applied to it. But it is not the case in the present manuscript. This is anyway not included in the standard list of 10 or 22 paiṇṇas admitted as a part of the Āgamas (see Muni Puṇṇyavijaya’s introduction to the Jaina Āgama Series of the prakīrṇakas). Unlike many other canonical or pseudo-canonical treatises, this one is not anonymous. On the author Padmasundara, see Bl cat. no. 702. The work is divided into 21 sections called uddesa, a term of wide use in the canon.

context information

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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Partial matches: Jambu, Carita, Jampu.

Full-text: Jambucaritra, Padmasundara, Padmasundarasuri.

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