The Sanskrit term Somayaśas can be transliterated into English as Somayasas or Somayashas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Somayaśas (सोमयशस्) is another name for king Somaprabha, according to chapter 1.3 [ādīśvara-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, “[...] the Master set out to obtain alms and arrived at the city Gajapura, the ornament of a circle of cities. In this city King Śreyāṃsa, the heir of King Somaprabha who was the son of Bāhubali, saw in a dream: ‘Meru, entirely dark, was made extremely brilliant by my sprinkling it with pitchers of water’. [...] King Somayaśas (Somaprabha) saw one man completely surrounded by many enemies gain the victory with the assistance of Śreyāṃsa”

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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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Somayaśas (सोमयशस्):—[=soma-yaśas] [from soma] m. Name of a king, [Śatruṃjaya-māhātmya]

[Sanskrit to German]

Somayashas 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: Yashas, Soma.

Full-text: Somaprabha.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Somayashas, Somayaśas, Soma-yashas, Soma-yaśas, Somayasas, Soma-yasas; (plurals include: Somayashases, Somayaśases, yashases, yaśases, Somayasases, yasases). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 3: Account of Nārada < [Chapter V - Birth of Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, and Ariṣṭanemi]

Part 6: Continuation of Ṛṣabha’s life as a sādhu < [Chapter III]

Part 12: Bāhubali becomes a sādhu and attains omniscience < [Chapter V]

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