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General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Een Kritische Studie Van Svayambhūdeva’s Paümacariu

Piṇḍin (पिण्डिन्) participated in the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa, on the side of the latter, as mentioned in Svayambhūdeva’s Paumacariu (Padmacarita, Paumacariya or Rāmāyaṇapurāṇa) chapter 57ff. Svayambhū or Svayambhūdeva (8th or 9th century) was a Jain householder who probably lived in Karnataka. His work recounts the popular Rāma story as known from the older work Rāmāyaṇa (written by Vālmīki). Various chapters [mentioning Piṇḍin] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as akṣauhiṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.

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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

Piṇḍin (पिण्डिन्).—a.

1) Receiving the funeral rice-balls (as ancestors).

2) Having a body. -m.

1) A beggar.

2) One who offers funeral rice-balls to the manes.

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

Piṇḍin (पिण्डिन्).—mfn. (-ṇḍī-ṇḍinī-ṇḍi) Having a Pinda or ball of food, (a ceremony, an ancestor, &c.) m. (-ṇḍī) 1. A beggar. 2. An offerer of oblations. E. piṇḍa, and ini aff.

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

1) Piṇḍin (पिण्डिन्):—[from piṇḍ] mfn. possessing or receiving the Śrāddha oblations, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] m. an offerer of balls of rice etc. to the Pitṛs, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a beggar, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a male creature ([literally] ‘having a body’), [Jaiminīya-brāhmaṇa]

5) [v.s. ...] Vangueria Spinosa, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

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

Piṇḍin (पिण्डिन्):—[(ṇḍī-ṇḍinī-ṇḍi) a.] Having a cake. m. An offerer; a beggar.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pindin 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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Starts with: Pindi, Pindini.

Full-text: Pindi, Paindinya, Pindini, Paindilika.

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