The Sanskrit term Āryarakṣitasūri can be transliterated into English as Aryaraksitasuri or Aryarakshitasuri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Āryarakṣitasūri (आर्यरक्षितसूरि) is the founder of the añcala-gaccha, according to the Añcalagaccha-paṭṭāvalī (dealing with Jain lineages history), 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.—The life of Āryarakṣitasūri (no. 48), the real founder of this gaccha, born VS 1136 (1079 CE) is the longest one and has the form of a real narration. Among the main facts are the following: He gave the name Vidhipakṣa to his group in VS 1169, he also instituted the second name añcalagaccha.

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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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Partial matches: Aryarakshita, Curi, Suri.

Full-text: Aryarakshita.

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