Jivaraja, Jīvarāja: 3 definitions

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Jivaraja means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Jīvarāja (जीवराज) was the teacher of Ṛṣi Kuṃvar: the author of the Sādhuvandanā (dealing with the Āvaśyaka section of Jain Canonical literature), 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.—[...] The author, Ṛṣi Kuṃvar was a pupil of Jīvarāja Ṛṣi and belonged to the loṅkāgaccha. He composed this work in VS 1624 (1567 ce).

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Jīvarāja (जीवराज) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Laghucitrālaṃkāra.

2) Jīvarāja (जीवराज):—Setubandha Rasataraṅgiṇīṭīkā. K. 106.

3) Jīvarāja (जीवराज):—son of Vrajarāja, son of Kāmarūpa Sūri, son of Sāmarāja: Gopālacampū and—[commentary]. L. 72. Tarkakārikā and its
—[commentary] Tarkamañjarī. Hall. p. 77.

4) Jīvarāja (जीवराज):—son of Vrajarāja: Rasataraṅgiṇīṭīkā Setu.

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

Jīvarāja (जीवराज):—[=jīva-rāja] [from jīva > jīv] m. Name of the author of Caitra-pūrṇimā-kathā

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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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