The Sanskrit term Gotamapṛcchā can be transliterated into English as Gotamaprccha or Gotamapriccha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Gotamaprichchha.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Gotamapṛcchā (गोतमपृच्छा) is the name of a work by Nayaranga dealing with the Ethics section of Jain Canonical literature.—The Gotamapṛcchā (in Gujarati) 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.—This is a Gujarati rendering of the Prakrit Gotamapṛcchā. Here also the 48 questions asked by Indrabhūti Gotama to Mahāvīra are listed in turn at the beginning of the work. information about the author’s lineage, date and place of composition is located in the final verses, not present here. See Jain gurjar Kavio: Nayaraṃga belonged to the Jinabhadrasūri branch of the kharataragaccha. His lineage was: Somayadhvaja—Jñānamandira—Guṇaśekhara. He composed this work in Śītapura in Sindh in VS 161(7?).

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Gotamapṛcchā (गोतमपृच्छा):—[=go-tama-pṛcchā] [from go-tama > go] f. ‘questions of (Mahā-vīra’s pupil) Gotama (put forth in a discussion with Pārśva’s pupil Keśin)’, Name of a Jain work

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Gotamapriccha 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Priccha, Gotama.

Starts with: Gotamapricchabalavabodha, Gotamapricchabalavabodhakatha.

Full-text: Nayaranga, Jnanamandira, Somayadhvaja.

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