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General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Āmbilikā (आम्बिलिका) (in Sanskrit) refers to Āmbilīī, or “juice of tamarind” and represents one of 21 kinds of liquids (which the Jain mendicant should consider before rejecting or accepting them), according to the “Sajjhāya ekavīsa pāṇī nī” (dealing with the Monastic Discipline section of Jain Canonical literature) 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.—This topic is explained with reference to the first aṅga (i.e. Ācārāṅgasūtra). This matter is distributed over the end of section 7 and the beginning of section 8 of the Piṇḍesaṇā chapter. [...] The technical terms [e.g., āmbilikā] used here are either borrowed from the Prakrit or rendered into the vernacular equivalents.—Note: Āmbilīī is known in Prakrit as Ciṃcā and is Sanskrit as Āmbilikā.

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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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Full-text: Ambilii, Cinca.

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