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General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Jainism

Rohitāsyā (रोहितास्या) is the name of a river mentioned as flowing through Haimavanta together with the Rohit river. Haimavanta is one of the seven regions (kṣetra) of Jambūdvīpa according to Jaina cosmology. Jambūdvīpa sits at the centre of madhyaloka (‘middle world’) is the most important of all continents and it is here where human beings reside.

Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 3: The Lower and middle worlds

Rohitāsyā (रोहितास्या) is the name of a river that, coupled with the Rohita (Rohit) river, separates the Haimavata region. Haimavata refers to one of the regions of Jambūdvīpa: the first continent of the Madhya-loka (middle-word), according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra 3.10. The Rohitāsyā river flows westwards. The Rohita and Rohitāsyā rivers have 28000 tributaries.

Jambūdvīpa (where flows the Rohitāsyā river) is in the centre of all continents and oceans; all continents and oceans are concentric circles with Jambūdvīpa in the centre. Like the navel is in the centre of the body, Jambūdvīpa is in the centre of all continents and oceans. Sumeru Mount is in the centre of Jambūdvīpa. It is also called Mount Sudarśana.

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

Rohitāsya (रोहितास्य):—[from rohita > rohi] [probably] [wrong reading] for [preceding] [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Rohitasya 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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Full-text: Rohit, Haimavanta, Rohita, Jambudvipa, Haimavata, Haimavatavarsha.

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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)

Verse 3.20 - The rivers dividing the regions < [Chapter 3 - The Lower World and the Middle World]

Verse 3.23 - The tributaries of the rivers < [Chapter 3 - The Lower World and the Middle World]

Verse 3.22 - The direction of the remaining rivers < [Chapter 3 - The Lower World and the Middle World]

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 8.3.24 < [Sukta 3]

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Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)

Canto VIII - The Story of Hariścandra (continued)

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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)

Natural Treatment in the Vedas < [Chapter 2 - The nature of treatment for diseases in the Ancient era]

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