Sammeta: 6 definitions
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Sammeta means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: Een Kritische Studie Van Svayambhūdeva’s PaümacariuSammeta (सम्मेत) 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 Sammeta] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as akṣauhiṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.
Source: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraSammeta (सम्मेत) is the name of a mountain, according to chapter 6.1 [kunthusvāmi-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly:—“When twenty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty-four years had passed from the time of his omniscience, knowing that it was time for his emancipation, the Lord went to Mount Sammeta and began a fast with a thousand Munis. At the end of a month, on the first day of the black half of Rādha, the moon being in the Kṛttikās, the Master and the Munis attained an eternal abode. [...]”.
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.
India history and geography
Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ (History)Saṃmeta (संमेत) (today Parasnath in Bihar, Hazāribāgh district) refers to the mountain where (according to tradition) the twentieth Tīrthaṅkara reached liberation, as is mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—Cf. IGI XII p. 246, XIX p. 409; Dey 1927 p. 176 and Jain 1984 ( 1 1947) p. 410.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySammeta (सम्मेत):—m. (cf. sameta and next) Name of a mountain, [Śatruṃjaya-māhātmya]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Saṃmeta (संमेत) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃmea.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Sammea, Sameta, Mativardhana, Prahasta, Pavanavega.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 15: Ajita’s mokṣa < [Chapter VI - Emancipation of Ajita Svāmin and Sagara]
Part 5: Pārśva’s mokṣa (emancipation) < [Chapter IV - The wandering and emancipation of Pārśvanātha]
Part 20: Ananta’s mokṣa (emancipation) < [Chapter IV - Anantanāthacaritra]
Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal (by Shubha Majumder)
Images of Tīrthaṅkara Śāntinātha (Introduction) < [Chapter 6 - Iconographic Study of Jaina Sculptural Remains]
Images of Tīrthaṅkara Vimalanātha < [Chapter 6 - Iconographic Study of Jaina Sculptural Remains]
Images of Tīrthaṅkara Saṃbhavanātha < [Chapter 6 - Iconographic Study of Jaina Sculptural Remains]
Kalpa-sutra (Lives of the Jinas) (by Hermann Jacobi)