The Sanskrit term Siṃhaniṣkrīḍita can be transliterated into English as Simhaniskridita or Simhanishkridita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Siṃhaniḥkrīḍita (सिंहनिःक्रीडित) refers to a form of penance, according to chapter 2.1 [ajitanātha-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: “Vimalavāhana practiced penance, the ekāvali, ratnāvali, kanakāvali, and siṃhaniḥkrīḍita long and short. Beginning destruction of karma by a mouth’s fast, he performed penance in the form of fasting ending with a fast of eight months. After he had practiced severe penance in this way and had performed the two saṃlekhanās, at the end he fasted till death, absorbed entirely in tranquillity. Recalling the formula of homage to the Five Supreme Ones, absorbed in abstract meditation, he abandoned his body as easily as a house”.

Note: The siṃhaniḥkrīḍita is so called ‘because a moving lion looks over the country he has traveled,’ and this penance is made in similar fashion. The short siṃhaniḥkrīḍita is 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 5, 7, 6, 8, 7, 9, 8, 9, 7, 8, 6, 7, 5, 6, 4, 5, 3, 4, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1. This makes 154 fast-days and 33 fast-breaking days, or a total of 6 months and 7 days for each of the 4 series. The long siṃhaniḥkrīḍita is on the same principle and extends up to a fast of 16 days, making a total of 1 year, 6 months, and 18 days in each series.

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Siṃhaniṣkrīḍita (ಸಿಂಹನಿಷ್ಕ್ರೀಡಿತ):—[noun] (jain.) a vow which runs for one hundred seventy seven days of which on one hundred forty five days the observant has to refrain from taking food.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Nishkridita, Simha.

Full-text: Simhavikridita, Ekavali, Ratnavali, Kanakavali.

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