Anantavanaspati, Ananta-vanaspati: 1 definition
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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection IAnantavanaspati (अनन्तवनस्पति) is the name of a topic dealing with plant life, as described in the Vanaspatikāvicāraprakaraṇa by Municandra, 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.—Like the Upāsakadaśāsaṃgrahagāthā, the Vanaspatikāvicāraprakaraṇa instance of a section of the Prajñāpanā which has been singled out for exposition, namely section 1 about plant-life. the focus is on pratyekavanaspati and anantavanaspati. Municandrasūri belonged to the tapāgaccha, was a disciple of Jinacandravijaya and composed this work in VS 1178.
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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Partial matches: Ananta, Vanaspati.
Full-text: Vanaspatikavicaraprakarana, Pratyekavanaspati, Municandra, Municandrasuri.
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