In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: HereNow4u: Lord Śrī Mahāvīra

Ālambhiyā (आलम्भिया) is the name of a village visited by Mahāvīra during his seventh year of spiritual-exertion.—At the end of the rainy season, the Lord broke his fast outside the Bhadrikā city and left for Magadha. Wandering across different parts of Magadha, the Lord practised the seventh year of austerity without calamities for eight months. He reached the Ālambhiyā city for the monsoon stay and observing four months fast, completed his cāturmāsa meditation breaking his fast outside the city he stayed in the Vasudeva temple in ‘Kaṇḍāga’ and in Baladeva temple ‘Bhaddaṇā’ he reached Bahusāla village and there in a Sāla forest, he became meditative.

Ālambhiyā was also visited by Mahāvīra during his eleventh year of spiritual-exertion.—Moving from Vraja village to Ālambhiyā, Śvetāmbikā, Sāvatthī, Kauśāmbī, Rājagṛha, Vārāṇasī, Mithilā, etc, the Lord arrived at Vaiśālī. Outside the city at the Baladeva temple in the Samara garden, accepting four-months fast, he became meditative and completed the rainy season halt there.

Ālambhiyā was also visited by Mahāvīra during his 6th Year as Kevalī.—From Vārāṇasī, the Lord arrived in Ālambhiyā and stayed with disciples in Śaṅkhanāda garden. The king of Ālambhiyā, Jitaśatru, came to the Lord. Near the Śaṅkhanāda garden, there was a place of a renouncer named Pudgala, who was a veritable scholar of the Vedas and śāstras.

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.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Ālaṃbhiya (आलंभिय) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Ālambhika.

2) Ālaṃbhiyā (आलंभिया) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ālambhikā.

context information

Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text: Alambhika, Shankhanada, Samara, Vrajagrama, Kaushambi, Vraja, Kandaga, Bhaddana, Bahushala, Shvetambika, Magadha, Varanasi, Mithila, Vaishali.

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