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General definition (in Jainism)

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Svadāramantrabheda (स्वदारमन्त्रभेद) refers to “divulging the confidences of one’s wife” and represents one of the transgressions (aticāra) of the Satya-vrata (vow of truth).—Haribhadra (in his commentary on the Āvaśyaka-sūtra p821b) defines this as the divulging to others of what has been said by one’s wife in confidence under special circumstances. His explanation is followed by successive Śvetāmbara authorities. Yaśodeva (in his Cūrṇī commentary on Haribhadra’s Śrāvaka-dharma-pañcāśaka) takes the word dāra as an upalakṣaṇa to include “friends” and Hemacandra (in his Yogaśāstra verse 3.91) goes further, designating this aticāra as viśvasta-mantrabheda.

The gravity of this transgression (viz., svadāra-mantrabheda), as is pointed out from the Āvaśyaka-cūrṇī onwards, lies in the fact that it might bring about the death of the wife (or friend) through shame. Because of this evil potentiality there is in it an element of bhaṅga and at the sametime, if it is true, an element of abhaṅga so that it can properly be classed as an aticāra. Siddhasena Sūri notes that in this offence a fact which ought not to be revealed is divulged by a person concerned and not, as in the preceding one, by a third party.

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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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Partial matches: Mantrabheda, Svadara.

Full-text: Rahobhyakhyana, Satyavrata.

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