Amarakumara, Amarakumāra, Amara-kumara: 1 definition

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Amarakumāra (अमरकुमार) is the name of a businessman from Campā, according to the Surasundarīcarita by Nayasundara (dealing with the lives of Jain female heroes), 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.—Accordingly, “In Campā reigned king Ripumardana, whose daughter was Surasundarī. In this city there was a businessman whose son was Amarakumāra (116v). The knot of the story is a childhood episode. Once, during a school recess, Surasundarī was sleeping. Amara noticed her cloth-hem: ([...]). He took the seven cowries it contained and used it to offer sweets to all the children, including Surasundarī. She was angry at this theft and blamed him. Amara took it as a joke: would one be able to buy a kingdom with this small amount? Later on they were married. [...]”.

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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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