The Sanskrit term Laghukṣetrasamāsa can be transliterated into English as Laghuksetrasamasa or Laghukshetrasamasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: University of Cambridge: Jainism

Laghukṣetrasamāsa (लघुक्षेत्रसमास) of Ratnaśekhara is a classic on Jain cosmology composed in Prakrit in the 14th century, here comprising 263 stanzas. The Cambridge manuscript was copied in V.S. 1637 in the Jaisalmer fortress, in Rajasthan, by the monk Harṣasiṃgha, the pupil of Harṣakulagaṇi. Although it is not devoid of mistakes, it is finely written and decorated, provided with a remarkably large number of charts and diagrams giving numbers or measurements of geographical components. A few illustrations are more like miniatures.

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Laghukṣetrasamāsa (लघुक्षेत्रसमास) is the name of a work by Ratnaśekharasūri dealing with the Cosmology of Jain Canonical literature.—The Laghukṣetrasamāsa (in Prakrit) 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.—In this carefully designed manuscript, charts and diagrams are as important as the text itself. Charts are present on 2r (Duga aḍayaṃ, Bāhyagiridvayaṃ, Madhyagiri 2, Abhyaṃtaragiri 2), 2v (size of mountains, lands and lakes), 3r (size of the abodes of gods), 4r (the rivers), 4v, 6v (Avasarpiṇī and Utsarpiṇī), 9v (mountain-peaks), 10r (mountain-slopes, moons and suns in Jambūdvīpa, Lavaṇa, Dhātaki, Kāloda and Puṣkarārddha), 18v, 19r, 19v, 20r, 21r. There are several cases of full-page charts (10v, 12r, 12v, 13r, 13v, 14v, 15v, 16r) or pages with charts and diagrams and very little text. For diagrams see 3r (Mūlakamala), 5v (map), 7v (Meru with detailed captions), 8r (Meru, Uttarakuru, Devakuru and lakes), 9r (...), 17v ( Jambūdvīpa), 22r (...)

The manuscript of the Laghukṣetrasamāsa was copied in the famous city of Patan (Gujarat). It is interesting to notice the mention of the Akṣatṛtīyā (Akṣayatṛtīyā), which corresponds to Vaiśākha sudi 3 and has been an important date of the Jain religious calendar since at least the 10th century.

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kshetrasamasa, Laghu, Samasa.

Starts with: Laghukshetrasamasasutra.

Full-text: Laghukshetrasamasasutra, Ratnashekharasuri, Ratnashekhara.

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