Dharmasi, Dharmasī, Dharma-si: 1 definition
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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection IDharmasī (धर्मसी) (alias Dharmavardhana) is the author of the “Savā sau 125 sīṣa” (dealing with the Ethics section of Jain Canonical 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.—Dharmavardhana was an eminent and learned Jain author who has widely contributed to Sanskrit and Rajasthani literature, having a strong command over various languages. He was known as Dharmavardhana or Dharmasī (1643-1726; see Nahta and Hīralāl Māheśvarī in Encyclopedia of Indian Literature, p. 998). He belonged to the Jinabhadrasūri branch of the kharataragaccha. His direct teacher was Vijayaharṣa. The numerous didactic poems he composed used patterns of the contemporary padas and folk-songs. he thus contributed to their preservation.
Dharmasī is also the author of the “Śrīmatī no coḍhālyo”.—Dharmavardhana was born in VS 1700 under the name Dharmasī, which he uses as signature in some of his works. He became a monk in VS 1713, belonged to the kharataragaccha, composed a large number of works of different genres and died at the age of 80. His lineage was: Sādhukīrti—Sādhusundara—Vimalakīrti—Vimalacandra—Vijayaharṣa, his direct teacher, mentioned at the end of the present composition.
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: Dharma, Shi, Ci, Tarma.
Starts with: Dharmashikharadhvajamegha, Dharmashila, Dharmashile, Dharmasiddhi, Dharmasiha, Dharmasimha, Dharmasindhu, Dharmasindhusara.
Full-text: Dharmavardhana, Vimalakirti, Sadhukirti, Vimalacandra.
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