Bhumyalika, Bhūmyalīka, Bhumi-alika: 1 definition

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Bhūmyalīka (भूम्यलीक) refers to “untruth relating to land” (e.g. saying that a piece of land belongs to oneself or belongs to another person). It represents a division of untruth (asatya or alīka) according to Haribhadra’s 6th-centyury Śrāvaka-dharma-pañcāśaka 11 and is related to the satya-vrata (vow of truth). This form of asatya is interpreted as upalakṣaṇa or symbolic examples so that they cover any false statements made in reference to inanimate objects (bhūmi-alīka).

Haribhadra’s classification of these untruths (e.g., bhūmi-alīka) is given without perceptible variation in all Śvetāmbara works, from the Śrāvaka-prajñapti onwards, that treat of the vratas.

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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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