Madhyamapava, Madhyamāpāvā: 1 definition
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Madhyamapava means something in Jainism, Prakrit. 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.
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Source: HereNow4u: Lord Śrī MahāvīraMadhyamāpāvā (मध्यमापावा) is the name of a village visited by Mahāvīra during his thirteenth year of spiritual-exertion.—From Jṛmbhikā the Lord arrived at ‘Madhyamāpāvā’. There Ārya Somila was organising a grand sacrificial ritual to which several great scholars were invited. At the other end, on the arrival of the Lord the gods glorified the Lord with the mahāpratihāryas (great auspicious entities) under the Aśoka tree and erected a grand samavaśaraṇa.
Lord Mahāvīra established the four-fold order of monks (male and female) and laymen-laywomen and became a Tīrthaṅkara. After founding the tīrtha the Lord returned once more to Rājagṛha from ‘Madhyamāpāvā’ and completed the rainy season halt of that year there.
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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