Dehabhaj, Dehabhāj, Deha-bhaj: 5 definitions
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Dehabhaj means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Dehabhāj (देहभाज्) refers to “those who possess a body”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “This most powerful [and] cruel death devours against their will the life of those who possess a body (dehabhāj) that has settled in the middle world, in hell, in the world of Brahmā, in Indra’s abode, in the middle of the ocean, inside the forest, at all quarters of the globe, on a mountain-peak, in a place difficult of access on account of fire, forest, cold, darkness, thunderbolts [and] swords, or in [a place] crowded with a troop of ruttish elephants”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Dehabhāj (देहभाज्).—a. embodied, corporeal. (-m) any being possessed of a body or life, especially a man; नायं देवो देहभाजां नृलोके (nāyaṃ devo dehabhājāṃ nṛloke) Bhāgavata 5.5.1.
Dehabhāj is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deha and bhāj (भाज्).
1) Dehabhāj (देहभाज्):—[=deha-bhāj] [from deha] m. ‘possessed of a b°’, corporeal
2) [v.s. ...] living creature ([especially] man), [Kāvya literature; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Dehabhāj (देहभाज्):—(deha + bhāj) adj. im Besitz eines Körpers seiend; m. ein mit einem Körper, mit Leben begabtes Wesen, insbes. der Mensch [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1366,] [Scholiast] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 8, 20. 9, 1. 4, 6, 7. 5, 5, 1. 9, 8, 22.]
Dehabhāj (देहभाज्):—m. ein mit einem Körper begabtes Wesen , insbes. der Mensch [Indische sprüche 7703.]
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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