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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Naparāja (नपराज) is the son of Saṃpūrī and Gajapati Sāha from Mewar, according to the “Sumatisādhusūri nau vīvāhalau” (dealing with individual religious teachers in Jain 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.—[...] The scene takes place in Mewar, in the village of Jāur (mod. Jāvar) about six miles north to Ṭīḍī, [...]. There lived the businessman Gajapati Sāha and his wife Saṃpūrī devī (15). One night the lady saw dreams which, her husband explained, announced the future birth of a great man. A son was born, Naparāja kumara (31). At the early age of 5, he was already an expert in all kinds of arts (31). One day, while playing, he went to the upāśraya and paid homage to the monk Ratanaśekharasūri (33) whom he started visiting regularly. Detachment grew in his mind. His mother thought the time had come for him to marry: [...]

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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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Partial matches: Napa, Raja.

Full-text: Gajapati, Ratanashekhara, Sampuri, Ratanashekharasuri.

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