Trishashtishalakapurushacarita, Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacarita, Trishashtishalakapurusha-carita: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacarita can be transliterated into English as Trisastisalakapurusacarita or Trishashtishalakapurushacarita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Trishashtishalakapurushacharita.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: HereNow4U: An Outline of Jaina LiteratureTriṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacarita (त्रिषष्टिशलाकापुरुषचरित) (or simply Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣa), lit. “the lives of the sixty-three excellent men” by Hemacandra is a big poem. It is divided into ten sections. The author himself describes it as an epic poem. It contains the life-stories of the 63 Great Men. The Pariśiṣṭaparvan or Sthavirāvalīcarita is the appendix to the Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacarita. It contains the life-stories of the Elders (Sthaviras).
It is alternatively known as the Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra.
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection ITriṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacarita (त्रिषष्टिशलाकापुरुषचरित) is the name of a work by Hemacandra dealing with Jain universal history such as the Jinas and related figures.—The Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacarita (in Sanskrit) 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.—This manuscript contains the stories relating to Jinas no. 11 to 13, i.e. Śreyāṃsa, Vāsupūjya and Vimalanātha. All are complete in respectively 907, 369 and 234 verses. The parts noted within brackets above have been taken from the printed edition as they are illegible in the manuscript because of damages at places. The manuscript ends with the colophon of the last chapter without any punctuation mark or benedictory phrase as if the copyist had decided to stop abruptly. The rest of the line and of the page are blank.
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 DictionaryTriṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacarita (त्रिषष्टिशलाकापुरुषचरित):—[=tri-ṣaṣṭi-śalākā-puruṣa-carita] [from tri-ṣaṣṭi > tri] n. ‘lives of the 63 great personages’, Name of [work] by, [Hemacandra]
[Sanskrit to German]
Trishashtishalakapurushacarita in German
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: Trishashtishalakapurusha, Carita.
Full-text (+51): Lumbi, Shalakapurusha, Trishashtishalakapurushacaritra, Shishya, Amma, Ammaka, Kaikasi, Bibhishana, Dashamukha, Ratnashravas, Trishashtishalakapurusha, Kumbhakarna, Shurpanakha, Lankesha, Bhanukarna, Candranakha, Ravana, Jayanti, Vaijayanti, Rohini.
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