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General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Vidyāvat (विद्यावत्) refers to “one who has the Vidyās, Prajñapti, etc., as attendant deities” and represents one of the eight divisions of Prabhāvanā (“propogation”), according to chapter 1.1 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—Accordingly, “[...] Vajranābha acquired strong Tirthakṛt-body-making and family-karma by the twenty sthānakas as follows:—[...] The twentieth is the propagation of the doctrine by Vidyās, prognostication, literary composition, discussion, discourses on dharma, etc. [viz., Vidyāvat] Of these (i.e., of the twenty) one is cause for gaining tīrthakṛtnāma-karma”.—(Cf. note 120 and Yogaśāstra 2.16, p. 65)

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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

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vidyāvat (विद्यावत्).—mfn. (-vān-vatī-vat) Learned, possessed of learning or science. E. vidyā learning, and matup poss. aff.

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

Vidyāvat (विद्यावत्):—[=vidyā-vat] [from vidyā > vid] mfn. possessed of learning, learned, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra] etc.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vidyāvat (विद्यावत्):—[(vān-vatī-vat) a.] Learned.

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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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Partial matches: Vidya, Vat.

Starts with: Vidyavatamsa, Vidyavati.

Full-text: Vidyavati, Prabhavana.

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 19: Eleventh incarnation as Vajranābha < [Chapter I]

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