The Sanskrit term Śavaratha can be transliterated into English as Savaratha or Shavaratha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Savāratha (सवारथ) refers to the Sanskrit svārtha (“one’s own interest”), according to the Savārathapacīsī (dealing with the Ethics section of Jain Canonical literature), which 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 Savārathapacīsī was composed in VS 1858 (see above and some Koba manuscripts, but other dates are mentioned in other manuscripts) in Bhānpur (Rajasthan). [...] Savāratha or sūvāratha are vernacular forms for Sanskrit svārtha, ‘one’s own interest’.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śavaratha (शवरथ).—a hearse, bier, a sort of litter for carrying a corpse.

Derivable forms: śavarathaḥ (शवरथः).

Śavaratha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śava and ratha (रथ). See also (synonyms): śavayāna.

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

Śavaratha (शवरथ):—[=śava-ratha] [from śava] m. ‘c°-vehicle’, a bier, litter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shavaratha 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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Partial matches: Shava, Ratha.

Full-text: Shavayana, Svartha, Savarathapacisi, Suvaratha, Kata.

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