Davittha, Ḍavittha: 7 definitions
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In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: Een Kritische Studie Van Svayambhūdeva’s PaümacariuḌavittha (डवित्थ) participated in the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa, on the side of the latter, as mentioned in Svayambhūdeva’s Paumacariu (Padmacarita, Paumacariya or Rāmāyaṇapurāṇa) chapter 57ff. Svayambhū or Svayambhūdeva (8th or 9th century) was a Jain householder who probably lived in Karnataka. His work recounts the popular Rāma story as known from the older work Rāmāyaṇa (written by Vālmīki). Various chapters [mentioning Ḍavittha] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as akṣauhiṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryḌavittha (डवित्थ).—A wooden antelope.
Derivable forms: ḍavitthaḥ (डवित्थः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryḌavittha (डवित्थ).—m.
(-tthaḥ) A wooden antelope.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryḌavittha (डवित्थ).—[masculine] [Name] of a man.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryḌavittha (डवित्थ):—m. Name of a man (named along with Ḍittha; cf. ḍāmbhiṭṭa), [Pāṇini 1-2, 45 [Scholiast or Commentator]] (kapittha, [Kāśikā-vṛtti]), [Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahma-sūtra ii, 4, 20 [Scholiast or Commentator]; Sāhitya-darpaṇa ii, 4/5] a wooden antelope, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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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Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary (by Nandalal Sinha)
Sūtra 2.1.18 (Existence of God) < [Chapter 1 - Of Earth, Waters, Fire, Air, and Ether]
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
II, 4, 20 < [Second Adhyāya, Fourth Pāda]