Janmamarana, Janmamaraṇa, Janman-marana: 5 definitions
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Janmamarana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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 Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Janmamaraṇa (जन्ममरण) refers to one of the topics discussed in the Śiśuhitā, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.— The Śiśuhitā manuscript authored by Kṛṣṇarāma represents a primer on astrology, giving rules for calculation of nativities and most of the topics usually treated of in Indian astrological. It contains 2,457 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Janmamaraṇa-kāla in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: janmamaraṇakālādinirūpaṇaṃ .
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Janmamaraṇa (जन्ममरण) refers to the “birth and death”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Companions are born only for this one to enjoy possessions but not to endure the pitiless succession of calamities arising from one’s own action. Why do the stupid, who are afflicted by the planet of [their] birth, not see solitariness which is perceived directly in the occurrence of birth and death? [com.—janmamaraṇāgama—‘in the appearance of birth and death’]”.
Synonyms: Janmamṛtyu.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
janmamaraṇa (जन्ममरण).—n (S) Incessant birth and death; metempsychosis or transmigration. punarapi janmaḥ punarapimaraṇaṃ (Again birth, again death.) Perpetual metempsychosis.
janmamaraṇa (जन्ममरण).—n Incessant birth and death, metempsychosis. punarapi jananaṃ punarapi maraṇam Perpetual metempsychosis.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Janmamaraṇa (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 生死 [shēng sǐ]: “birth and death”.
2) 繕摩末剌諵 [shàn mó mò lá nán]: “janma-maraṇa”.
Note: janmamaraṇa can be alternatively written as: janma-maraṇa.
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: Janman, Marana.
Starts with: Janmamaranadhina, Janmamaranakala.
Full-text: Shan mo mo la nan, Janmamaranakala, Thien ma mat lat nam, Aprasavadharmi, Shengsi, Janmamrityu, Nadi, Prabandha.
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