In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: SOAS Research Online: Prekṣā meditation: History and Methods

Abandhaka (अबन्धक) or “bondage-free” refers to one of the 46 qualities of the soul to be meditated on in the “Practice of Meditation on Liberated Souls (Siddhas)”, according to Jain texts like Ācārāṅga (5.6.123-140), Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama (13.5.4.31) and Samayasāra (1.49).—The pure soul can be recognised by meditation on its true nature, represented by the liberated souls of the Siddhas. The practice which leads to this realisation is meditation on the fact that attachment, aversion, passions and the influx of karmas, are ‘not mine’, that I am separate from them and consist of infinite knowledge, perception, conduct, spiritual energy, that I am the pure, enlightened, and everlasting soul. The qualities of the soul to be meditated on as truly mine are: [e.g., My soul is bondage-free (abandhaka)] [...] The meditation on such extended fourty-five qualities of the pure soul presents the niśacaya-naya, which is aligned with Kundakunda’s approach.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

ābandhaka : (adj.) tying; connecting; fixing.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ābandhaka, (adj.) (ā + bandh, cp. Sk. ābandha tie, bond) (being) tied to (Loc.) PvA.169 (sīse). (Page 102)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abandhaka (अबन्धक).—a.

1) Not binding.

2) Without any pledge.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Abandhaka (अबन्धक):—[=a-bandhaka] [from a-baddha] mfn. not binding

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man, and (m. [plural]) his descendants, ([gana] upakādi.)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abandhaka (अबन्धक):—I. [tatpurusha compound] 1. m. f. n.

(-ndhakaḥ-ndhikā-ndhakam) Not binding, not confining. 2. m.

(-kaḥ) A proper name, the same as abaddhaka (q. v.) of which it is a various reading; the descendants are called abandhakāḥ or ābandhakayaḥ (Gaṇaratnam.: bandhaṃ karotīti bandhako na bandhakobandhaka; but see also the [bahuvrihi compound]). E. a neg. and bandhaka. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] 1. m. f. n.

(-ndhakaḥ-ndhikā-ndhakam) Without a tie &c., see the meanings of bandha. 2. m.

(-kaḥ) 1) (In Law.) A case (scil. of a loan) when no pledge has been given; (in such cases the monthly interest is in the direct order of the classes, two, three, four or five in the hundred; according to Yājnavalkya); e. g. Mitākṣara: sarve brāhmaṇādayodhamarṇā abandhake sabandhake vā svakṛtāṃ sābhyupagatāṃ vṛddhiṃ sarvāsu jātiṣu dadyuḥ. (

2) The proper name I. 2. is explained by the Gaṇaratnam. also as a Bahuvr.: ‘na vidyate bandho’syetyabandhakaḥ’.) E. a priv. and bandha, in the first meaning with the ellipsis prayoga.

[Sanskrit to German]

Abandhaka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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: Bandhaka, A.

Ends with (+4): Ashvabandhaka, Bhogabandhaka, Caritrabandhaka, Charitrabandhaka, Dashabandhaka, Dugdhabandhaka, Hastyashvarohabandhaka, Jalabandhaka, Kalabandhaka, Koshthabandhaka, Lakhabandhaka, Mahaprabandhaka, Murajabamdaka, Nagabandhaka, Pashabandhaka, Prabandhaka, Ratnabandhaka, Sabandhaka, Sadashabandhaka, Sharirabandhaka.

Full-text: Bandhaka, Abaddhaka, Abaddha.

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