Vinayadevasuri, Vinayadevasūri, Vinayadeva-suri: 1 definition

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Vinayadevasūri (विनयदेवसूरि) or Brahmamuni is the author of the Uttarādhyayanachatrīsabhāsa (in Gujarati), which represents a vernacular verse rendering of the 36 chapters of the Uttarādhyayanasūtra (dealing with the Mūlasūtra section of Jain Canonical literature) and 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.—Brahmamuni belonged to the pārśvacandragaccha and was also known as Vinayadevasūri. he was born in VS 1568 and died in VS 1646.

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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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