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

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

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Jambumālin (जम्बुमालिन्) refers to one of the Rākṣasas fighting in Rāvaṇa’s army, according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.7 [The killing of Rāvaṇa] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—Accordingly, “[...] When the battle had been going on for a long time, the army of the Rākṣasas was broken by the Vānaras like a forest by winds. [...] Then Śrīdatta obstructed Jambumālin. [...] Other Kapis obstructed other Rākṣasas in this way and fought with them like sea-monsters with sea-monsters in the ocean.”.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jambumālin (जम्बुमालिन्) or Jambūmālin (जम्बूमालिन्).—Name of a Rākśasa killed by हनुमत् (hanumat).

Jambumālin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jambu and mālin (मालिन्).

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

Jambumālin (जम्बुमालिन्):—[=jambu-mālin] [from jambu] m. Name of a Rakṣas, [, v f.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Jambumalin 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: Malin, Jambu, Jampu.

Full-text: Jambumala, Vajrodara, Balahaka, Shridatta.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Jambumalin, Jambumālin, Jambu-malin, Jambu-mālin, Jambūmālin, Jambū-mālin; (plurals include: Jambumalins, Jambumālins, malins, mālins, Jambūmālins). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)

Chapter 44 - The Death of Jambumalin < [Book 5 - Sundara-kanda]

Chapter 27 - The Fight between the Gods and the Rakshasas < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]

Chapter 54 - Hanuman sets fire to Lanka < [Book 5 - Sundara-kanda]

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Introduction to volume 4 < [Introductions]

Part 3: War between the Rākṣasas and Vānaras < [Chapter VII - The killing of Rāvaṇa]

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