Bhavanadvara, Bhavanadvāra, Bhavana-dvara: 5 definitions

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General definition (in Jainism)

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Bhāvanādvāra (भावनाद्वार) refers to one of the sections of the Sindūraprakara by Somaprabhācārya (classified as gnomic literature), 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 Sindūraprakara is an anthology of 100 Sanskrit stanzas on different topics connected with Jainism. [...] Some of its stanzas are quoted in the Kumārapālapratibodha. The following sections are marked in the manuscript, but not regularly numbered: [e.g., bhāvanādvārabhāvanādvāraṃ ǀ 19 ǀ (14v1); [...]

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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

Bhavanadvāra (भवनद्वार).—a palace-gate.

Derivable forms: bhavanadvāram (भवनद्वारम्).

Bhavanadvāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhavana and dvāra (द्वार).

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

Bhavanadvāra (भवनद्वार).—[neuter] the door of a palace.

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

Bhavanadvāra (भवनद्वार):—[=bhavana-dvāra] [from bhavana > bhava] n. a palace-gate, [Ratnāvalī]

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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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