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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Dasagīta (दसगीत) is the name of a work by Jaitasī dealing with the Mūlasūtra section of Jain Canonical literature.—The Dasagīta (in Gujarati) 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 Dasagīta  is a versified Gujarati rendering of the ten chapters of the Daśavaikālikasūtra (written as Dasamīkāla at the end of the text and in one of the marginal titles), hence the title Dasagīta ‘ten songs’. Either at the beginning or at the end of each chapter, the author gives a Gujarati form of the original title of the Daśavaikālika chapters (adhaena, adhina, addhina, ādhyana, adhyana, all for adhyayana). [...] As stated in the final verse, the present Dasagīta was composed in Bikaner (Rajasthan) in VS 1707 (1650 ce). [...] The copyist is a Jain nun, and the reader her disciple.

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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: Gita, Dasa, Taca.

Full-text (+4): Dharmarthakama, Shudiyaga, Biniyasamahi, Cha-jivani, Pamda-eshana, Sabhikkhu, Dasamikala, Bhasha, Dhumapuphi, Samanaphupheya, Ayarapanahi, Dashashravakagita, Dashashravaka, Addhina, Punekalasa, Adhaena, Punyakalasa, Adhina, Adhyana, Adhyayana.

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