Kama-bhoga-tivrabhilasha, Kāma-bhoga-tīvrābhilāṣa: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Kāma-bhoga-tīvrābhilāṣa can be transliterated into English as Kama-bhoga-tivrabhilasa or Kama-bhoga-tivrabhilasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: Jaina YogaKāma-bhoga-tīvrābhilāṣa (काम-भोग-तीव्राभिलाष) refers to “excessive predilection for the pleasures of the senses” and represents one of the transgressions (aticāra) of the Brahma-vrata (vow of celibacy).—. The conventional Śvetāmbara description of this offence visualizes a man who abandons all other thoughts and occupations in order to concentrate his every energy on the satisfaction of his sexual desires, and when his virility fails him has recourse to aphrodisiacs in the hope of attaining the potency of a stallion or bull elephant (see Haribhadra’s commentary on the Āvaśyaka-sūtra p. 825b). Such is the explanation furnished in almost identical language by Siddhasena Gaṇin, Hemacandra, Siddhasena Sūri, and Āśādhara.
Apart from Āśādhara the Digambaras, who prefer the designation kāma-tīvrābhiniveśa (or in Samantabhadra’s case vipula-tṛṣā), regard the aticāra as “an excessive manifestation of sexual passion” (see Cāmuṇḍarāya’s Caritrasāra). Devendra (in his Śrāddha-dina-kṛtya) understands by this “lip-biting and other love-play” or else the 84 poses of Vātsyāyana.
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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