Kalasvarupa, Kālasvarūpa, Kala-svarupa: 4 definitions

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Kalasvarupa means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Kālasvarūpa (कालस्वरूप) refers to the “nature of death”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “This most powerful [and] cruel death devours against their will the life of those who possess a body that has settled in the middle world, in hell, in the world of Brahmā, in Indra’s abode, in the middle of the ocean, inside the forest, at all quarters of the globe, on a mountain-peak, in a place difficult of access on account of fire, forest, cold, darkness, thunderbolts [and] swords, or in [a place] crowded with a troop of ruttish elephants—[com.—Next, having spoken about (kathayitvā) the nature of death (kālasvarūpaṃ) in this way, he provides information (pratibodhayati) about the noble man (āryaṃ)]”.

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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

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kālasvarūpa (कालस्वरूप).—n (S kāla Death, svarūpa The very form or appearance.) A term for any terrific object.

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kāḷasvarūpa (काळस्वरूप).—a (Like Yama himself. ) Applied to a ferocious, hideous, or hateful fellow.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kalasvarupa in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kālasvarūpa (कालस्वरूप).—a. terrible as death, (deathlike in form).

Kālasvarūpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and svarūpa (स्वरूप).

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

Kālasvarūpa (कालस्वरूप):—[=kāla-svarūpa] [from kāla] mfn. having the very form of death (applied to any terrific object).

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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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