Shantinathacopai, Shantinatha-copai, Śāntināthacopaī: 1 definition

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Alternative spellings of this word include Shantinathachopai.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Śāntināthacopaī (शान्तिनाथचोपई) is the name of a work by Jñānasāgara dealing with Jain universal history such as the Jinas and related figures.—The Śāntināthacopaī (in Gujarati) 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.—In this manuscript [of the Śāntināthacopaī] the work consists of 60 ḍhālas; in its complete form it has 62 (see JgK end and Schubring). [...] The date of composition is VS 1720 (1663 CE) and the place is Patan. The work is structured around the story of the twelve births of the sixteenth Jina, Śāntinātha. The author specifies his sources: the commentary on Uttarādhyayanasūtra 18 ([...]), and Hemasūri-kṛta Śāntināthacaritra, i.e. Hemacandra’s Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra Book V. The twelve births are: 1. as king Śrīsena, 2. as twin, 3. as god, 4. as Amitatejas, 5. as god. 6. as Aparājita, 7. as God, 8. as Vajrāyudha, 9. as God, 10. as Megharatha (see vernacular version in cat. no. 186), 11. as God, 12. as Śānti.

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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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