The Sanskrit term Styānagṛddhi can be transliterated into English as Styanagrddhi or Styanagriddhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 8: Bondage of karmas

Styānagṛddhi (स्त्यानगृद्धि, “somnambulism”) or Styānarddhi refers to “sleep walking” (committing cruel deeds while asleep) and represents one of the eight divisions of Darśanāvaraṇa, or “perception obscuring (karmas)”, which represents one of the eight types of Prakṛti-bandha (species bondage): one of the four kinds of bondage (bandha) according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra chapter 8.—What is meant by somnambulism (sleep walking) (styānagṛddhi)? It means to perform activities while asleep without knowing even after being awake from the sleep. Styānagṛddhi is also known as Styānagṛddhidarśanāvaraṇa or Styānagṛddhidarśanāvaraṇīya.

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

Styānagṛddhi (ಸ್ತ್ಯಾನಗೃದ್ಧಿ):—[noun] (jain.) the final stage in sleep, when the person is provoked by the subconscious to be aggressive, domineering, militant, etc.

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: Griddhi, Styana.

Full-text: Styanarddhi, Styanamiddha, Darshanavarana.

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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)

Verse 8.7 - The nine kinds of perception-covering karma (darśanāvaraṇa) < [Chapter 8 - Bondage of Karmas]

Verse 10.2 - The annihilation of all karmas is liberation (mokṣa) < [Chapter 10 - Liberation]

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