Amaramanikya, Amaramāṇikya, Amara-manikya: 2 definitions
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In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Amaramāṇikya (अमरमाणिक्य) or Amaramāṇikyasūri was the teacher of Kanakasoma: the author of the Maṃgalakalaśacaupaī (dealing with the lives of Jain teachers), 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 Maṃgalakalaśacaupaī is composed in Multan in VS 1649 (1592 CE). Kanakasoma, a disciple of Amaramāṇikyasūri, belonged to the kharataragaccha when the head was Jinacandrasūri. Kanakasoma is a reasonably prolific writer. [...]
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Amaramāṇikya (अमरमाणिक्य) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—king, father of Rājādhara, for the latter of whom Kavikarṇapūra wrote his Varṇaprakāśa. Io. 3107.
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: Manikya, Amara.
Starts with: Amaramanikyasuri.
Full-text: Amaramanikyasuri, Rajadhara, Karnapura gosvamin, Kavikarnapura.
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