Municandrasuri, Municandrasūri, Municandra-suri: 1 definition

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Alternative spellings of this word include Munichandrasuri.

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General definition (in Jainism)

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Municandrasūri (मुनिचन्द्रसूरि) or Municandra is the author of the Vanaspatikāvicāraprakaraṇa (dealing with the Upāṅga 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.—Like the Upāsakadaśāsaṃgrahagāthā, the Vanaspatikāvicāraprakaraṇa  instance of a section of the Prajñāpanā which has been singled out for exposition, namely section 1 about plant-life. the focus is on pratyekavanaspati and anantavanaspati. Municandrasūri belonged to the tapāgaccha, was a disciple of Jinacandravijaya and composed this work in VS 1178.

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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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