Paramadharmi, Paramādhārmin, Paramādhārmī, Parama-dharmi, Paramadharmin, Parama-dharmin: 1 definition
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General definition (in Jainism)
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection IParamādhārmī (परमाधार्मी) (Cf. Paramādhārmika) refers to a group of fifteen deities causing suffering in the hells (naraka), according to Rājasoma’s “Naraka ko coḍhālyo”, 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.—No name of any source is given in the text but the three stages followed in the exposition correspond closely to those found in a handbook such as Nemicandrasūri’s Pravacanasāroddhāra, [e.g.,] 3) sufferings inflicted by the fifteen Paramādhārmīs. [...] These gods (here Sūra or Deva) form a sub-class of the Asurakumāras and perform their tasks in the first, second and third hells.
The fifteen Paramādhārmīs are:
- Aṃba,
- Aṃbarīṣa,
- Syāma,
- Sabala,
- Rudra,
- Uparodra,
- Kāla,
- Mahākāla,
- Asi,
- Dhanu,
- Kuṃbha,
- Vāluka,
- Vaitaraṇī,
- Ṣarasvara,
- Mahāghoṣa.
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: Dharmi, Dharmin, Parama.
Starts with: Paramadharmika.
Full-text: Mahaghosha, Uparodra, Rudra, Sharasvara, Ambarisha, Kumbha, Valuka, Mahakala, Shabala, Asi, Kala, Shyama, Dhanu, Vaitarani, Amba.
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