The Sanskrit term Mṛśopadeśa can be transliterated into English as Mrsopadesa or Mrishopadesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Jaina Yoga

Mṛśopadeśa (मृशोपदेश) refers to “spreading of false information” and represents one of the transgressions (aticāra) of the Satya-vrata (vow of truth).—This is explained by Siddhasena Gaṇin (in his commentary on the Tattvārtha-sūtra v7.21) as “words that may cause suffering to others” such as “Let the camels and donkeys be loaded” or “Let the slaves be beaten”. On the basis of the Bhāṣya he gives also as an alternative interpretation “showing someone how to get the better of someone else in a dispute”. Both ideas are adopted by Hemacandra (in his Yogaśāstra verse 3.91) but the second is preferred by the other Śvetāmbara texts from the Āvaśyaka-cūrṇī onwards. From “instruction in methods of deceit” this aticāra (viz., mṛśa-upadeśa) is extended to cover the encouragement of the study of texts mainly concerned with falsehood. Devendra (in his Śrāddha-dina-kṛtya), however, narrows it down to “teaching the use of unknown mantras and herbs”.

The conventional Digambara view, exemplified by Pūjyapāda and Cāmuṃḍarāya (in his Caritrasāra), understands by this aticāra the giving of advice which would be prejudicial to the attainment of mokṣa or to rebirth in the deva-loka. Āśādhara (Āśādhara, in his Sāgāra-dharmāmṛta verse 4.45) offers in addition to this the choice of the first two explanations favoured by Hemacandra. If the commentator Prabhācandra is to be trusted the parivāda of the Ratna-karaṇḍa (verse 3.10) is to be understood as mṛśopadeśa .

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mrisha, Upadesha.

Full-text: Satyavrata.

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