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Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Arisūdana (अरिसूदन) is the son of Bhūrinandana, a former incarnation of king Ratnamālin, according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.4 [Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—Accordingly, as Muni Satyabhūti said to king Daśaratha (son of king Anaraṇya): “[...] Then a god, the soul of your chaplain in a former birth, named Upamanyu, came from Sahasrāra and said [to king Ratnamālin]: ‘Listen! Noble sir! Do not commit such a great crime. You were a king, Bhūrinandana, in a former birth. Then you from discernment promised to abstain from meat and you were said by the chaplain Upamanyu to have broken the vow. [...]’”.

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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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Arisūdana (अरिसूदन).—destroyer of enemies; पूजार्हावरिसूदन (pūjārhāvarisūdana) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.4. हरिहयोऽरिह- योगविचक्षणः (harihayo'riha- yogavicakṣaṇaḥ) R.9.18.

Derivable forms: arisūdanaḥ (अरिसूदनः).

Arisūdana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ari and sūdana (सूदन). See also (synonyms): arihan, arihiṃsaka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Arisūdana (अरिसूदन).—name of a Buddha, Mahāvastu i.124.10 (regarded by Senart as adj. epithet: he takes Mahābhāga as the name, Index).

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

Arisūdana (अरिसूदन).—[masculine] slayer of enemies.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Arisūdana (अरिसूदन):—[=a-ri-sūdana] [from a-ri] m. destroyer of foes.

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

Arisūdana (अरिसूदन):—[ari-sūdana] (naḥ) 1. m. Krishna.

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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: Sudana, Aari, Ari.

Full-text: Arihan, Arihimsaka, Mahabhaga.

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Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)

Verse 2.4 < [Chapter 2 - Sāṅkhya-yoga (Yoga through distinguishing the Soul from the Body)]

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Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)

37. The previous births of Dasaratha, Janaka and Kanaka < [Chapter 4 - Intervening Stories]

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 17: Previous births of Daśaratha < [Chapter IV - The, birth, marriage, and retreat to the forest of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa]

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