In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Kurājya (कुराज्य) refers to “poor dominions”, as mentioned in chapter 1.4 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.

Accordingly:

“Bharata shone like the moon, because of his form giving delight to the eyes; like the sun, because of his brilliance hard to endure; like the ocean whose center is inaccessible changed into human form; like dharma of mankind that had attained lordship over mankind. [...] He was chief of forty-nine poor dominions (kurājya), and governor of others also in Bharatakṣetra. [...]”.

Note: These definitions (i.e., kurājya) are from Kalpasūtra (Kiraṇāvalī commentary) 1. 88, p. 73b. For antarodaka and kurājya see Jambūdvīpaprajñapti 69, p. 277b.

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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

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

1) Kurājya (कुराज्य):—[=ku-rājya] [from ku] a n. a bad dominion, [Pāṇini 6-2, 130], [vArttika]

2) [=ku-rājya] [from ku-rava] b See, [ib.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kurajya 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: Rajya, Ku.

Full-text: Antarodaga, Antarodaka.

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 18: Bharata’s possessions < [Chapter IV]

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