The Sanskrit term Kṛcchralabhyā can be transliterated into English as Krcchralabhya or Kricchralabhya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Krichchhralabhya.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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

Kṛcchralabhyā (कृच्छ्रलभ्या) refers to “rare” (lit., ‘difficult to obtain’) [?], according to Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi.—Accordingly, “In one minute living being there are organisms infinite times the emancipated souls. Thus the entire universe is densely filled with one-sensed beings with no interspace. To become a being with more than one sense is as difficult as finding out a very small piece of diamond buried in the sands of an ocean. Even among these most of them are endowed with imperfect senses (i.e. less than five senses). Hence birth as a five-sensed being is as rare (kṛcchralabhyā) as gratitude among the good qualities. [...]”.

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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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Partial matches: Kricchra, Labhya.

Full-text: Kricchra.

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