The Sanskrit term Kathāvaśeṣa can be transliterated into English as Kathavasesa or Kathavashesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Kathāvaśeṣa (कथावशेष) refers to “death”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “This world totters to the limit of the world of Brahmā with the fear of the beginning of a frown, and mountains immediately fall asunder by force of [the fact that] the earth is overcome by the weight of the heavy feet, of those heroes who are all led to death [com.—who are possessed of death (kathāvaśeṣajātāḥ)] by the king of time in [the space of] some days. Nevertheless, desire is intense only in a living being who is bereft of sense”.

Synonyms: Vārtāvaśeṣa.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kathāvaśeṣa (कथावशेष).—or कथाशेष (kathāśeṣa) a. one of whom only the narrative remains, i. e. deceased, dead.

Kathāvaśeṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kathā and avaśeṣa (अवशेष).

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

1) Kathāvaśeṣa (कथावशेष):—[from kathā > kath] m. (kathāva) a narrative as the only remainder, (ṃ-√gam, to enter into a state in which nothing is left but the story of one’s life id est. to die, [Naiṣadha-carita])

2) [=kathā-vaśeṣa] [from kathāvaśeṣa > kathā > kath] mfn. one of whom nothing remains but his life-story id est. deceased, dead

[Sanskrit to German]

Kathavashesha 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Avasesa, Katha, Katta, Kata.

Starts with: Kathavasheshata.

Full-text: Kathashesha, Kathavasheshata, Kathamatravasheshita, Kathikar, Vartavashesha, Shesha.

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