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Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Dvārapālika (द्वारपालिक) refers to a “door-keeper”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “A bad birth is hard to be accomplished even in a dream for him whose judgment, which is extremely skilful at examination like a door-keeper [com.—dvārapālika], shines in the mind. Having got rid of the multitude of imaginings, when the steady mind holds onto [its] nature, then it is indeed the best [form of] stopping the influx of karma for a mendicant”.

Synonyms: Dvārapālin.

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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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Dvārapālikā (द्वारपालिका):—[=dvāra-pālikā] [from dvāra-pālaka > dvāra > dvāḥ] f., [Kādambarī]

2) Dvārapālika (द्वारपालिक):—[=dvāra-pālika] [from dvāra > dvāḥ] m. [metronymic] [from] -pālī ([gana] revaty-ādi).

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Dvarapalika in German

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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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Partial matches: Palika, Dvara.

Full-text: Revatyadi, Dvarapali, Palika.

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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)

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Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)

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