Rupasenaraya, Rūpasenarāya: 1 definition

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Rūpasenarāya (रूपसेनराय) or Rūpasenarāyacopaī is the name of a work by Lālacandragaṇi dealing with the lives of Jain teachers.—The Rūpasenarāya-copaī (in Rajasthani) 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 story starts in Rājagṛha. Rūpasena was a beautiful prince. In dhāra in Malwa lived Manabhāvatī. This was the starting-point of an eventful love-story. It includes the story of the main character’s previous birth by a Jain monk. The final part describes at length all the aspects of good conduct practised by Rūpasena, and his final pious life after he had entrusted the kingdom to his son. The story is meant to illustrate the benefits of good actions.

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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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