In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Nirjaraṇa (निर्जरण) (Cf. Nirjarā) refers to the “shedding (of inflow of Karmas)” and represents one of the twelve pure reflections (bhāvanā), according to the Praśamaratiprakaraṇa 149-50 (p. 93-4).—Accordingly, “(A monk) should reflect, upon transcient [sic] nature of the world, helplessness, loneliness, separateness of the self from non-self, impurity (of the body), cycle of births sand [sic] rebirths, inflow of Karmas and stoppage of inflow of Karmas; Shedding of stock of Karmas (nirjaraṇa), constitution of the universe, nature of true religion, difficulty in obtaining enlightenment, which are (called) twelve pure Bhāvanās (reflections)”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Nirjaraṇa (निर्जरण):—[=nir-jaraṇa] [from nir-jara > nir-jṝ] n., (with Jainas) the gradual destruction of all actions

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Nirjaraṇa (निर्जरण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇijjaraṇa, Ṇijjaraṇā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nirjarana in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nirjaraṇa (ನಿರ್ಜರಣ):—[noun] (jain.) desruction or a diminishing of accrued sins of a person.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Jarana, Nir.

Starts with: Nirjaranakarana.

Ends with: Vinirjarana.

Full-text: Nijjarana, Nirjara.

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