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General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Een Kritische Studie Van Svayambhūdeva’s Paümacariu

Duḥsvara (दुःस्वर) 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 Duḥsvara] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as akṣauhiṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.

Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 8: Bondage of karmas

Duḥsvara (दुःस्वर) refers to a “harsh voice” and represents one of the various kinds of Nāma, or “physique-making (karmas)”, which represents one of the eight types of Prakṛti-bandha (species bondage): one of the four kinds of bondage (bandha) according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra chapter 8. What is meant by the harsh voice (duḥsvara) body-making karma? The rise of which causes a living being to have unpleasing voice not liked by others is called harsh voice body-making karmas.

The opposite-pair of duḥsvara (harsh voice) is susvara (melodious voice).

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Duḥsvara (दुःस्वर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dussara.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Duḥsvara (ದುಃಸ್ವರ):—[noun] a grating note, sound.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Duh, Svara.

Full-text: Dussara, Susvara, Nama.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Duhsvara, Duḥsvara, Duh-svara; (plurals include: Duhsvaras, Duḥsvaras, svaras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Tattva 4: Pāpa (sin) < [Appendix 1.4: The nine tattvas]

Appendix 1.2: types of karma < [Appendices]

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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)

Verse 8.26 - The types of karmas that constitute demerit (pāpa) < [Chapter 8 - Bondage of Karmas]

Verse 8.11 - The subdivisions of physique-making or name-karma (nāma) < [Chapter 8 - Bondage of Karmas]

Verse 10.2 - The annihilation of all karmas is liberation (mokṣa) < [Chapter 10 - Liberation]

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