Nagadattasajjhaya, Nagadatta-sajjhaya, Nāgadattasajjhāya: 1 definition

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Nāgadattasajjhāya (नागदत्तसज्झाय) is the name of a work by Sumatiratna Paṇḍita dealing with the lives of Jain teachers.—The Nāgadattasajjhāya (in Gujarati) 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.—The Nāgadattasajjhāya  is a story of Nāgadatta which illustrates the third of the five vows, i.e., not taking what is not given, does not seem to be among the most popular ones. Author not traced. cat. no. 187 is another work by him.

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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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