Naranayaka, Naranāyaka, Nara-nayaka: 5 definitions
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In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Naranāyaka (नरनायक) refers to the “chiefs of men”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Yama’s noose, which cannot be resisted even by the chiefs of gods, demons, men and the lord of snakes (naranāyaka—surāsuranarāhīndranāyakaiḥ), in half a moment binds the world of living souls. Yama is clearly the one and only chief conqueror of the three worlds [and] by the mere wish of whom do the 30 gods die”.
Synonyms: Manuṣyanāyaka.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Naranāyaka (नरनायक):—[=nara-nāyaka] [from nara] m. ‘man-leader’, king, [Inscriptions]
Naranāyaka (नरनायक):—(nara + nā) m. Führer der Menschen, König, Fürst [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7, 27, 1. 32, 1] in Inschriften.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Pali-English dictionary
naranāyaka (နရနာယက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[nara+nāyaka]
[နရ+နာယက]
[Pali to Burmese]
naranāyaka—
(Burmese text): သတ္တဝါတို့ကို (နိဗ္ဗာန်သို့) ပို့ဆောင်တတ်သော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): The one who is capable of guiding beings to (Nirvana).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Nayaka, Nara.
Full-text (+0): Manushyanayaka.
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