Shrimalla, Śrīmalla, Shri-malla: 1 definition

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Shrimalla means something in Jainism, Prakrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Śrīmalla can be transliterated into English as Srimalla or Shrimalla, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Śrīmalla (श्रीमल्ल) or “Ṛṣi Śrīmalla” is the author of the “rṣi Varasiṃhajī nī bhāsa” (dealing with individual religious teachers in Jain 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.—[...] Śrīmalla as the author’s name is not fully certain. Poem in two parts devoted to the lives of two teachers of the Gujarati lonkāgaccha: [...]

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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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