In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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

Kuthita (कुथित) refers to a “stinking (corpse)”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “In this world, fool, how could the body, which is covered in a mass of skin, a skeleton of bones, excessively filled with the smells of a stinking corpse (kuthita-kuṇipa-gandha), sitting in the mouth of Yama, the abode of the serpent-lord of disease, be for the pleasure of men? [Thus ends the reflection on] impurity”.

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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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

kuthita : (pp. of kuthati) boiling; much heated.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kuthita, (pp. of kuthati) 1. boiled, cooked Th. 2, 504; KhA 62; Vism. 259=KhA 58. Cp. vikkuthita. ‹-› 2. digested Vism. 345.—3. fig. tormented, distressed (perhaps: rotten, foul, cp. kilijjati=pūti hoti) Miln. 250 (+kiliṭṭha).—Cp. Vin. Texts II. 57 on Bdhgh’s note to MV VI, 14, 5. (Page 221)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kuthita (कुथित):—[from kuth] mfn. stinking, [Suśruta] (also a-k [negative])

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kuthita (कुथित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kuhia.

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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)

Starts with: Kuthitakapha, Kuthitakunapa, Kuthitakunipa.

Ends with: Ankuthita, Prakuthita, Vikkuthita.

Full-text: Kuth, Prakuthita, Kuhia, Prakothodaka, Prakotha, Kuthati, Vikkuthita, Kilittha, Bahala, Kunapa, Kathati, Kunapagandha, Kunipa, Kunipagandha, Kutha, Pakkathita.

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Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)

The Bloated, Livid, Festering, and Cut Up < [Chapter VI - Foulness as a Meditation Subject (Asubha-kammaṭṭhāna-niddesa)]

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