Alingimridanga, Alingi-mridanga, Āliṅgimṛdaṅga: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Āliṅgimṛdaṅga can be transliterated into English as Alingimrdanga or Alingimridanga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Āliṅgimṛdaṅga (आलिङ्गिमृदङ्ग) or simply Āliṅgī refers to a type of drum, resembling the inside of the car made by Pālaka, according to chapter 1.2 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism. Accordingly, “Pālaka, observing the Lord’s [i.e., Śakra’s] command, made a car that filled the sky with a flood of light from a thousand jeweled pillars; moving from the inference of a wish. [...] Inside it, the floor, level and round, shone like the moon, like a mirror, like an āliṅgimṛdaṅga, like an excellent light. It made curtains, as it were, over the pictures on the walls by the dense masses of light from inset jeweled slabs”.
Note: The āliṅgimṛdaṅga is one of 3 kinds of mṛdaṅgas—aṅki, āliṅgī, and ūrdhvaka.—(cf. Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 2.207 and commetary).—The name is not in use at the present time, and no present-day mṛdaṅga could be compared with the moon or a mirror. There are, however, flat, circular drums in use, one variety of which is held on the left arm, and beaten with a stick.—(Cf. also Nāṭyaśāstra XXXIII mentioning the drum Āliṅgya).
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mridanga, Alingin.
Full-text: Alingin, Alingipushkara.
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