The Sanskrit term Vimalayaśas can be transliterated into English as Vimalayasas or Vimalayashas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ (Kāvya)

Vimalayaśas (विमलयशस्) is the name of an ancient king, as mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—Accordingly, “Here, in the land of Bharata, lived King Vimalayaśas . Knowing the meaning of happiness with Queen Sumangala, he soon had two children, 246 a son, Puṣpacūla, and a daughter, Puṣpacūlā. [...]”.

Note: Only a few textual differences distinguish the legend of the Vividhatīrthakalpa from the version of Prabandhakośa 75-8. The other prabandhas (Prabandhacintāmaṇi, Purātanaprabandhasaṃgraha and Panchashati-prabandha-sambandha) ignore this story.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Vimalayaśa (विमलयश) is the name of Surasundarī after she transformed herself into a young man, according to the Surasundarīcarita by Nayasundara (dealing with the lives of Jain female heroes), 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.—Accordingly, “[...] Surasundarī was told that she would be successful and reunited with her husband after some time. Surasundarī transformed herself into a young man, now named Vimalayaśa. She happened to live at a garderner’s place and exchanged her seven cowries against flowers out of which she made a magic fan, able to cure high fever. She thus became rich and was offered half of the kingdom by the local king.[...]”.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Yasa, Yashas, Vimala.

Full-text: Sumangala, Vankacula, Pushpacula.

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