Apurvakarana, Apūrvakaraṇa, Apurva-karana: 4 definitions

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General definition (in Jainism)

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Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Apūrvakaraṇa (अपूर्वकरण) refers to one of the Fourteen Guṇasthānas (“steps on the road to emancipation”) according to Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra (“lives of the 63 illustrious persons”).—Here begin the two ladders, upaśama and kṣapaka, for the suppression and destruction of cāritramohanīyakarma. From the eighth through the eleventh, only 2 kinds of samyaktva are possible—aupaśamika and kṣāyika. Śukladhyāna had a faint beginning in the seventh, but here the first part is fully developed. One of the first 3 kinds of bodies is necessary to ascend the ladders. [...] After destroying the 7 prakṛtis and 3 āyuṣkarma, the Jīva ascends the kṣapakaśreṇi, from which he can not fall. On this ladder he devotes himself to the destruction, instead of the suppression, of karma. The duration of the eighth guṇasthāna is an antarmuhūrta. Only śuklaleśyā occurs from now on. In the eighth the ‘extraordinary’ apūrvakaraṇakriyā is done (see n. 255).

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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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[«previous next»] — Apurvakarana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apūrvakaraṇa (अपूर्वकरण):—[=a-pūrva-karaṇa] [from a-pūrva] n. (with Jainas) Name of the 8th stage leading to perfection

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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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