Angapravishta, Aṅgapraviṣṭa, Anga-pravishta: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Aṅgapraviṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Angapravista or Angapravishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha SutraAṅgapraviṣṭa (अङ्गप्रविष्ट, “inner-corpus”) refers to one of the two types of scriptural knowledge (śruta-jñāna), according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra 1.20.—Which are the twelve limbs of internal-corpus? Ācāra, Sūtra-kṛta, Sthāna, Samvāya, Vyāykhyā-Prajñapti, Jñatadharma-kathā, Upāsakāddhyana, Anta-krāstadaśā, Anutttoppādika, Praśnavyā-karaṇa,Vipāka-sutra, Dṛṣṭivāda are the twelve limbs of Aṅga-praviṣṭa.
Śruta refers to one of the five types of knowledge (jñāna) according to Tattvārthasūtra 1.9. Knowledge acquired due to subsidence-cum-destruction of scriptural based knowledge obscuring (śrutajnānavarṇa) karmas is called scriptural based knowledge (e.g., aṅgapraviṣṭa).
Source: JAINpedia: JainismAṅgapraviṣṭa (अङ्गप्रविष्ट) in Sanskrit (Angapaviṭṭha in Prakrit) refers to that “what is inside the Aṅgas” and represents an example of Śrutajñāna (Suyanāṇa) or “scriptural knowledge” (knowledge from what is heard) which represents one of the five types of knowledge, as explained in the Nandīsūtra.—Examples of Aṅgapraviṣṭa is: The Aṅga scriptures, which are described in turn.
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: Pravishta, Anga.
Full-text (+22): Sthana, Vipakasutra, Samvaya, Jnatadharmakatha, Upasakaddhyana, Prashna-vyakarana, Acara, Sutrakrita, Antakrastadasha, Anutttoppadika, Vyaykhyaprajnapti, Drishtivada, Akashagata, Mayagata, Kalyananavada, Pranavada, Sutra, Culika, Kriyavishalapurva, Agrayaniya.
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A study of the philosophy of Jainism (by Deepa Baruah)
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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
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