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Stealing means something in the history of ancient India. 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: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Stealing (others’ money) represents a scene of human life commonly depicted on the Saṃsāracakra paintings, in ancient India, as mentioned in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Page 185.21 f.: Here follows a description of a printed scroll illustrating the Jaina conception of saṃsāracakra. [...] The saṃsāra-cakra illustrated the three worlds of hell, human world and the world of gods. [For example:] A man entering the sea to save some drowning relation; a man stealing others' money; a fisherman catching a haul of fish with his net
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Full-text (+255): Mosana, Mushana, Suvarnasteya, Caurya, Apahara, Steya, Parimoshaka, Suvarnacaurika, Apaharana, Adattadana, Asteya, Parimosha, Corapaula, Cura, Arthaharin, Acauryanuvrata, Apaharaka, Musi, Pushpapracaya, Pancashila.
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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 7.15 - Definition of steya (stealing) < [Chapter 7 - The Five Vows]
Verse 7.6 - The observances for the vow of non-stealing (acaurya) < [Chapter 7 - The Five Vows]
Verse 7.27 - The transgressions of the minor vow of non-stealing < [Chapter 7 - The Five Vows]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 12.67 < [Section IX - Details of Transmigration]
Verse 12.62 < [Section IX - Details of Transmigration]
Verse 11.57 < [Section VI - Offences: their Classification]
The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
2.4.2. Abstention from Stealing (adinnādāna) < [Chapter 3 - Seven Factors of Enlightenment and Noble Eightfold Path]
2.4. Right Action (Sammā-kammanta or Samyak-karmānta) < [Chapter 3 - Seven Factors of Enlightenment and Noble Eightfold Path]
5.3. Three Stages (1): Saṃvara (Self-restraint) < [Chapter 4 - Comparative Study of Liberation in Jainism and Buddhism]
The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
The Bhikkhus Rules (by Bhikkhu Ariyesako)
Stealing < [Chapter 3 - Possessions And Offerings]
Wrongly Receiving Gifts < [Chapter 3 - Possessions And Offerings]
Clothing: The Robe < [Chapter 3 - Possessions And Offerings]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Note on thieves and the history of stealing < [Notes]
Vetāla 10: Madanasenā and her Rash Promise < [Appendix 6.1 - The Twenty-five Tales of a Vetāla]
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