Kshamakalyana, Kṣamākalyāṇa, Kshama-kalyana: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Kṣamākalyāṇa can be transliterated into English as Ksamakalyana or Kshamakalyana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

1) Kṣamākalyāṇa (क्षमाकल्याण) is the author of a commentary on the Jivāvicāraprakaraṇa (dealing with the Karma 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.—Kṣamākalyāṇa was the pupil of Amṛtadharma and belonged to the kharataragaccha.

2) Kṣamākalyāṇa (क्षमाकल्याण) is also the author of the Caturmāsakatrayīvyākhyāna and Holikā-prabandha, both dealing with Festivals in Jain literature.—KṣamākalyāṇaVācaka, the author, belonged to the kharataragaccha and was the direct pupil of Amṛtadharma. He was a prolific writer in Sanskrit, but also in the vernaculars (Jain gurjar Kavio 6, p. 126; KhG Sāhitya Kośa nos. 3511-3623).

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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

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

Kṣamākalyāṇa (क्षमाकल्याण):—[=kṣamā-kalyāṇa] [from kṣamā > kṣam] m. Name of a pupil of Jinalābha-sūri (who composed 1794 A.D. a [commentator or commentary] on the Jīva-vicāra).

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Kshamakalyana 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.

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