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Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Padminīkhaṇḍa (पद्मिनीखण्ड) is the name of an ancient city, according to chapter 5.1 [śāntinātha-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.

Accordingly, as an astrologer said to king Śrīvijaya:—“[...] After I had grown up, one day in wandering I came to an excellent town Padminīkhaṇḍa. My father’s sister, Hiraṇyalomikā, lives there, and her grown daughter, Candrayaśas. Formerly she had given her (in betrothal), when she was a small girl, to me still a boy. The marriage had not taken place because of the obstacle of my initiation. When I saw her, I, infatuated, abandoned the vow like a burden and married her. [...]”.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Padminīkhaṇḍa (पद्मिनीखण्ड).—a multitude of lotuses; a place abounding in lotuses.

Derivable forms: padminīkhaṇḍam (पद्मिनीखण्डम्).

Padminīkhaṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms padminī and khaṇḍa (खण्ड). See also (synonyms): padminīṣaṇḍa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Padminīkhaṇḍa (पद्मिनीखण्ड).—n.

(-ṇḍaṃ) A place abounding with lotuses, or a district in which they grow. E. padminī, and khaṇḍa division.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Padminīkhaṇḍa (पद्मिनीखण्ड).—n. a multitude of lotusses.

Padminīkhaṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms padminī and khaṇḍa (खण्ड).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Padminīkhaṇḍa (पद्मिनीखण्ड).—[neuter] a multitude of lotuses.

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

1) Padminīkhaṇḍa (पद्मिनीखण्ड):—[=padminī-khaṇḍa] [from padminī > padma] n. a multitude or lake of lotuses, [Pañcatantra]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a city, [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Padminīkhaṇḍa (पद्मिनीखण्ड):—[padminī-khaṇḍa] (ṇḍaṃ) 1. n. A place or district abounding with lotuses.

[Sanskrit to German]

Padminikhanda 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.

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Partial matches: Padmini, Khanda, Patmini.

Full-text: Padminishanda, Padmakhanda, Hiranyalomika, Sagaradatta, Ishanacandra, Jinadharma, Candrayashas, Vijayasena, Nandana, Dhana.

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