In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Sevyamāna (सेव्यमान) refers to “(being) cherished”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “The pleasures that are cherished (sevyamāna), like the poison of a snake, are the thieves of life immediately and they are produced in the cycle of rebirth by the 30 gods”.

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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: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sevyamāna (सेव्यमान).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) 1. Being served, waited, attended on. 2. Being practised or used. E. sev to serve, pass. v., śānac aff.

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

Sevyamāna (सेव्यमान):—[from sev] mfn. being dwelt in or served or used etc.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sevyamāna (सेव्यमान):—[(naḥ-nā-naṃ) p.] Served; done.

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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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