Asamjnin, Asañjñin, Asaṃjñin, Asanjnin: 4 definitions
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General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraAsañjñin (असञ्ज्ञिन्) refers to “irrational souls” (i.e., creatures without intelligence) and represents an attribute of certain trasa-jīvas (“movable living things”), according to chapter 1.1 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, in the sermon of Sūri Dharmaghoṣa:—“[...] the movable souls [viz, trasa-jīva] are of four kinds: two-, three-, four-, and five-sensed. Among these, the five-sensed are of two kinds: rational (sañjñin) and irrational (asañjñin). The ones that know how to learn, teach, and converse, they are rational. They have mind-vitality. Others are irrational. The skin, tongue, nose, eye, and ear are the five sense-organs of which touch, taste, smell, form, and sound are the province. Worms, conch-shells, earth-worms, leeches, cowries, and oyster-shells having many forms, are considered to have two senses. Lice, bugs, termites, nits, etc., are considered to have three senses. Moths, flies, bees, gnats, etc., are considered to have four senses. The remainder that have animal-birth-nuclei, living in water, on land, or in the air, hell-inhabitants, men, and gods, are all considered five-sensed”.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAsaṃjñin (असंज्ञिन्).—(= Pali asaññi-n), unconscious, only noted in the cpds. which follow; compare also āsaṃjñika.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Asaṃjñin (असंज्ञिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Asaṇṇi.
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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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Ends with: Naivasamjninaivasamjnin.
Full-text: Asanni, Asamjnisamapatti, Asamjnika, Samjnin, Trasa.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
A brief summary of the classification of jīvas < [Notes]
Subdivisions of Pañcendriyas < [Appendix 1.4: The nine tattvas]
Tattva 1: Jīva (soul) < [Appendix 1.4: The nine tattvas]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 14 - The Jīvas < [Chapter VI - The Jaina Philosophy]
The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
5.1. The Two Categories of Mokṣa in Jainism < [Chapter 4 - Comparative Study of Liberation in Jainism and Buddhism]