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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Ādaṃsaghara (आदंसघर) is an Ardhamāgadhī word referring to “mirror-palace”, according to the Bharahesaracaritta, which 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 Bharahesaracaritta covers a small part of chap. 3 of the Jambūdvīpaprajñapti. After his coronation king Bharata decided that there should be twelve year celebrations. The text starts at the end of these celebrations, telling how Bharata then enjoyed life in his palace. One day, after having taken his bath, he went to the mirror-palace (ādaṃsaghara) and kept looking at his refelection in the mirrors. Then the karmas were progressively annihilated, the meditation became pure and Bharata reached omniscience, removed signs of worldly life, plucked out his hair himself and went to the Aṣṭāpada where he undertook sallekhanā. He reached final liberation. The commentary is often a selective paraphrase rather than a continuous commentary

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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.

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Partial matches: Ghara, Adamsha.

Full-text: Adamsha, Adarshagriha, Adarshagraha, Bharahesaracaritta.

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