Disabled person: 1 definition
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Disabled person means something in the history of ancient India. 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.
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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Disabled person were commonly found in the city of Mathurā at some point in time in ancient India, according to Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. [...] On page 55.11 f., there is a description of poor home (aṇāha-maṇḍava) in the city of Mathurā. In its population there was a sprinkling of disabled persons: leprosy, suffering from leucoderma, tuberculosis, extreme poor, extreme helpless, blind, lame, slothful, hump-backed, short in stature, clipped or cut-nose, clipped-ear, cut-lips, scorched, a parasite and several classes of mendicants. The invaders of the orphan home exchange their views as to which sin may be washed at which holy place. [...]
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Full-text (+11): Leucoderma, Lameness, Tuberculosis, Slothfulness, Leprosy, Blindness, Anatha, Anathamandapa, Kanna, Uttha, Nashaya, Poor person, Helpless person, Valakkha, Kappadiya, Vamana, Dina, Koddhie, Mamdula, Tanuva.
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Sūtra of the Great Vow of Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva
Baudhayana Dharmasutra (by Georg Bühler)
Yajnavalkya-smriti (Vyavaharadhyaya)—Critical study (by Kalita Nabanita)
Chapter 2.2b - The Vyavahāramātṛkā Delineated in the Vyavahārādhyāya < [Chapter 2 - The Vyavahārādhyāya of the Yājñavalkyasmṛti]