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General definition (in Jainism)

Source: SOAS Research Online: Prekṣā meditation: History and Methods

Aprāṇī (अप्राणी) refers to “being devoid of vital force” and represents one of the 46 qualities of the soul to be meditated on in the “Practice of Meditation on Liberated Souls (Siddhas)”, according to Jain texts like Ācārāṅga (5.6.123-140), Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama (13.5.4.31) and Samayasāra (1.49).—The pure soul can be recognised by meditation on its true nature, represented by the liberated souls of the Siddhas. The practice which leads to this realisation is meditation on the fact that attachment, aversion, passions and the influx of karmas, are ‘not mine’, that I am separate from them and consist of infinite knowledge, perception, conduct, spiritual energy, that I am the pure, enlightened, and everlasting soul. The qualities of the soul to be meditated on as truly mine are: [e.g., My soul is devoid of vital force (aprāṇī)] [...] The meditation on such extended fourty-five qualities of the pure soul presents the niśacaya-naya, which is aligned with Kundakunda’s approach.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aprāṇin (अप्राणिन्).—mfn. (-ṇī-ṇinī-ṇi) Lifeless, inanimate. E. aprāṇa and ini aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aprāṇin (अप्राणिन्).—adj. inanimate, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 117.

Aprāṇin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and prāṇin (प्राणिन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aprāṇin (अप्राणिन्).—[adjective] lifeless, inanimate.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aprāṇin (अप्राणिन्):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-ṇī-ṇinī-ṇi) Inanimate, lifeless; e. g. in Manu: aprāṇibhiryatkriyate talloke dyūtamucyate. (As in Pāṇini's Sūtras the neg. a is sometimes used in composition with a noun, when in ordinary writing it would be more correct to employ the uncompounded na, as referring to the verb of the sentence, the interpretation of the word aprāṇiṣu in Viii. 3. 72. and therefore the bearing of the rule itself becomes doubtful; the Kāśikā takes the Sūtra as if it ended: na prāṇiṣu; Patanjali is less positive, for he exclaims, after showing the possibility of either acceptation: kiṃ punaratrārthasatattvam . devā etajjñātumarhanti; but Kaiyyaṭa seems to think that if the gods must know it, the Paṇḍits may have at least an opinion on the matter, viz. that aprāṇiṣu is not to be taken there in the sense of na prāṇiṣu, as the unity of the Sūtra would become disturbed by such an interpretation: devā iti . paṇḍitāḥ paryudāsaṃ manyante . saṃbhavatyekavākyatve vākyabhedāśrayaṇasyāyuktatvāt . prasajyapratiṣedhe hi vākyabhedovaśyaṃbhāvī; this latter view is also taken by Bhaṭṭojid.) E. a neg. and prāṇin.

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Apranin in German

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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.

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Partial matches: A, Pranin.

Ends with: Himsapranin, Sarvapranin, Sattvapranin.

Full-text: Apranijati, Pranin, Apranihita.

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