In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

1) Navakāra (नवकार) is the name of a work dealing with the Āvaśyaka section of Jain Canonical literature.—The Navakāra (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.

2) Navakāra (नवकार) is the name of a mantra, according to the “Padmāvatī satī kī vāratā” (dealing with the lives of Jain female heroes).—This is not the story of the famous Padmāvatī, wife of king Dadhivāhana, who was carried away in the forest while she was expecting the birth of the future Karakaṇḍu and had to endure several adventures that were challenging for her as a spouse. This one was the wife of the merchant Guṇasāgara. She went abroad with him and met a Yogin who transformed her into an ugly person, etc. Jain signs in the story are: recitation of Navakāramantra, final account of explanatory previous birth by a monk.

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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.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Navakāra.—(HA), Sanskrit namaskāra; the chief Jain formula for worship or an obeissance to the arhats, siddhas, ācāryas, upā- dhyāyas and sādhus. Note: navakāra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Navakara (नवकर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Navakara (नवकर):—[=nava-kara] [from nava] m. ‘9handed (?)’, Name of a poet, [Catalogue(s)] (cf. -hasta).

2) Nāvākāra (नावाकार):—[=nāv-ākāra] a nāv-āroha, nāvy-udaka See 2. nau.

3) [=nāv-ākāra] [from nāv > nau] b mfn. boat-shaped, cymbiform, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Nav, Akara, Nava, Kara.

Starts with: Navakaragita, Navakaramantra, Navakarantabalabodha, Navakarasi.

Ends with: Akaranavakara, Anavakara.

Full-text: Navakaragita.

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