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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Varasiṃgha (वरसिंघ) or Varasiṃha is the name of an ancient teacher, according to the “rṣi Varasiṃhajī nī bhāsa” (dealing with individual religious teachers in Jain literature), which 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.—[...] Śrīmalla as the author’s name is not fully certain. Poem in two parts devoted to the lives of two teachers of the Gujarati lonkāgaccha: 1) on Junior Varasiṃgha VS 1589 – VS 1662 (JgK 9, p. 137), but the text does not provide any date. As usual in this kind of work, there is a combination of factual details and praise of religious qualities (observing the five great vows, overcoming passions and sense-faculties, etc.). Place of origin Sādaḍī (Rajasthan), father’s name Jaṃjhaṇa, mother’s name Suṃdari Satī. Took initiation under Lālajī in Sirohi. Became leader of the group (gacharāya, 190v15). Died in Sojhata, 191r5). All this is in agreement with evidence from other sources.

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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: Simgha, Vara.

Full-text: Jamjhana, Sirohi, Lalaji, Sadadi, Varasimha.

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