Ramayashorasayana, Rāmayaśorasāyana, Ramayashas-rasayana: 1 definition

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Ramayashorasayana means something in Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Rāmayaśorasāyana can be transliterated into English as Ramayasorasayana or Ramayashorasayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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General definition (in Jainism)

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Rāmayaśorasāyana (रामयशोरसायन) is the name of a work by Keśarāja Muni dealing with Jain universal history such as the Jinas and related figures.—The Rāmayaśorasāyana (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.—The Rāmayaśorasāyana is an extensive epic is a version of the Rāmāyaṇa reputed for its poetic qualities which was composed in VS 1683, normally sole trāsīyeṃ (cf. Jain gurjar Kavio, Schubring, ed) but here clearly asīi = 1680 (1626 or 1623 CE). It consists of four chapters (adhikāra), [...] The colophons of the present ms. also show Dvāṣaṣṭhī as a title (not mentioned in Jain gurjar Kavio among available titles of the work).

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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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