Mulatishaya, Mūlātiśaya, Mula-atishaya: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Mūlātiśaya can be transliterated into English as Mulatisaya or Mulatishaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Mūlātiśaya (मूलातिशय) refers to the “fundamental excellences” of Mahāvīra, as used in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 1, ll 10-11.]—The first four adjectives in this verse viz. (1) vinirjitarāga, (2) sarvajña, (3) tridaśanāthakṛtapūja and (4) sadbhūtavastuvādī resepctively connote four mūlātiśayas (fundamental excellences) of Mahāvīra.

The four mūlātiśayas are:

  1. apāyāpagama-atiśaya;
  2. jñāna-atiśaya
  3. pūjā-atiśaya;
  4. vacana-atiśaya also known as vāg-atiśaya.

For details see “The Jaina Religion and Literature (Vol II., ch. XIV)”.

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