Anantashaktimat, Ananta-shaktimat, Anantaśaktimat, Anantaśaktimān, Ananta-shaktiman, Anantashaktiman: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit terms Anantaśaktimat and Anantaśaktimān can be transliterated into English as Anantasaktimat or Anantashaktimat or Anantasaktiman or Anantashaktiman, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Anantaśaktimat (अनन्तशक्तिमत्) refers to “one possessed of infinite power” and is used to describe the Self (Ātman), according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “This [self], which is master of the three worlds, omniscient [and] possessed of infinite power (anantaśaktimatanantaśaktimān), does not recognise itself and has deviated from its own true nature. Tarnished by awful stains arising from eternity, it grasps objects according to its own desire which are very different from itself”.

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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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