Gunanidhana, Guṇanidhāna, Guna-nidhana: 4 definitions

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Gunanidhana means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi. 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.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Guṇanidhāna (गुणनिधान) or Guṇanidhānasūri is the name of a teacher belonging to the añcala-gaccha, according to the Añcalagaccha-paṭṭāvalī (dealing with Jain lineages history), 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.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Gunanidhana in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

guṇanidhāna (गुणनिधान).—n (S) A treasury (or repository) of excellencies. Ex. jaganmātā gu0 || nyāhāḷōni pāhē pitṛvadana ||. For numerous similar compounds see guṇagrāma.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

guṇanidhāna (गुणनिधान).—n A treasury of excellencies. Similarly guṇagrāma, guṇanidhī, guṇasāgara, guṇā- kara &c.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Gunanidhana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Guṇanidhāna (ಗುಣನಿಧಾನ):—[noun] = ಗುಣನಿಲಯ [gunanilaya].

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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.

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