Rohineya, Rohiṇeya: 3 definitions

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Rohineya means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

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General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Rohiṇeya (रोहिणेय) or Rohiṇeyakathā is the name of a story embedded in the Aṣṭāhnikamahotsava (dealing with Festivals in Jain literature), 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.—[...] Then come other stories: Śayyaṃbhavasūrikathā; Rohiṇeya-kathā, [...]. This includes the story of Sūryayaśas, alias Ādityayaśas, one of Bharata’s sons (Sanskrit verse telling in Schubring no. 401) whose steadiness in ascetic practices was put to test by Indra through the Apsaras Urvaśī. Even if a wide range of stories is used for commentaries/sermons connected with the eight days of paryushan, those of Ārdrakumāra, of the thief Rauhiṇeya and of Bharata’s sons are very popular: See, for instance, Kṣamākalyāṇa’s Paryuṣaṇāṣṭāhnikāvyākhāna (composed VS 1860), pp. 66-86 [...]

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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, 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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