Vandanaka, Vamdanaka, Vaṃdanaka: 3 definitions

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Vandanaka means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Vandanaka (वन्दनक) refers to the “postures and gestures of the practice of the third āvaśyaka (necessary duty)”, according to the Vaṃdanakadoṣa: a work dealing with the Āvaśyaka section of Jain Canonical literature.—The Vaṃdanakadoṣa (in Prakrit and Gujarat) 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.—The Vaṃdanakadoṣa is complete as it is and was meant to contain only a Gujarati commentary on each of the 32 faults that could relate to the postures and gestures of the practice of the third necessary duty (āvaśyaka), the vandanaka. There is no other title than the one given in the margin, neither at the beginning nor at the end. The list of technical terms is recapitulated in Prakrit at the end

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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

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vandanaka (वन्दनक).—Respectful salutation.

Derivable forms: vandanakam (वन्दनकम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vandanaka (वन्दनक):—[from vand] n. respectful salutation, [Śīlāṅka]

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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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