Vicarashattrimshika, Vicāraṣaṭtriṃśikā, Vicara-shattrimshika: 1 definition

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Vicarashattrimshika means something in Jainism, Prakrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Vicāraṣaṭtriṃśikā can be transliterated into English as Vicarasattrimsika or Vicarashattrimshika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Vicharashattrimshika.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

1) Vicāraṣaṭtriṃśikā (विचारषट्त्रिंशिका) or “Arhadvijñaptirūpā Vicāraṣaṭtriṃśikā” is the name of a work by Gajasāra dealing with the Cosmology of Jain Canonical literature.—The Vicāraṣaṭtriṃśikā (with Gujarati Bālāvabodha) 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 Vicāraṣaṭtriṃśikā was first presented in tabular form (yantra) according to the commentators, and then put in the form of a text. it was composed in VS 1579 by Gajasāra, pupil of Dhavalacandra from the kharataragaccha.

2) Vicāraṣaṭtriṃśikā (विचारषट्त्रिंशिका) (with Sanskrit with auto-commentary) is the name of a work by Gajasāra dealing with the Cosmology of Jain Canonical literature.

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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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