Parshvanatha, 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补, Parshva-natha: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 can be transliterated into English as Parsvanatha or Parshvanatha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Wisdom Library: Jainism笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 (啶ぞ啶班啶多啶掂え啶距ぅ) is another name for P膩r艣va, the twenty-third T墨rtha峁卥ara (Janism recognizes 24 such teachers or Siddhas). He is also known by the name 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补. His colour is green (harita), according to Apar膩jitap峁沜ch膩 (221.5-7). His height is 9 hatha (4 hatha equals 1 诲丑补苍耻峁, which equals 6 feet), thus, roughly corresponding to 4.1 meters. His emblem, or symbol, is a Snake.
笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补鈥檚 father is A艣vasena and his mother is V膩m膩 according to 艢vet膩mbara or Varmil膩 according to Digambara. It is an ancient Jain practice to worship the T墨rtha峁卥ara鈥檚 parents in various rites, such as the 辫谤补迟颈峁ａ弓丑腻惫颈诲丑颈, according to the 膧c膩radinakara (14th work on Jain conduct written by Vardham膩na S奴ri).
: archive.org: The Jaina Iconography笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 (啶ぞ啶班啶多啶掂え啶距ぅ) refers to the twenty-third of twenty-four T墨rtha峁僰aras or Jinas, commonly depicted in Jaina iconography.鈥敱誓灏洷共共阅宄俪蟛� is one of the greatest T墨rtha峁僰aras or Prophets of Jainism. [...] From all sources, we gather his emblem or cognizance is a snake. In sculpture, snake seems to be everything with him. Not only do we find snake in the usual place of the symbol, we find, snakes canopy him with three or seven or eleven hoods. His Yak峁 is called P膩r艣va or V膩mana or Dhara峁噀ndra and Yak峁峁嚹� is called Padm膩vat墨. The king, who stands by his side as a Chowri-bearer is known as Ajitar膩ja. The Devad膩ru (Deodar) or Dh膩taki is his Kevala-tree.
Much isknown from Jaina Pur膩峁嘺s and Caritas of 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补鈥檚 personal and family history. He was probably born about 817 and died about 717 B.C. His father A艣vasena was the King of Benares. His mother鈥檚 name was V膩m膩 or Brahm膩. P膩r艣va was a brave warrior and once he carried his victorious arms down to Kali峁単a. He married the daughter of King Prasenajit, King of Ko艣ala, but like Prince Siddh膩rtha, he left his princess to follow the life of an ascetic at 30 years of age. He preached his doctrines of love and universal fraternity for about 70 years and finally attained liberation or Mok峁 on Mt. Summet 艢ikhara now called after him Giri 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 Hill, in South Bihar.
The name of P膩r艣va has been explained in Jaina literature differently. 鈥淗e touches (Sp峁浥沘ti) all ideas by knowledge鈥濃�攊s one version. The name was given him because his mother before his birth while lying on her couch, saw a black serpent crawling about. This is the version ol the 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 Carita also. Thirdly, he is the lord (N膩tha) of his Yak峁 named P膩r艣va.
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 (啶ぞ啶班啶多啶掂え啶距ぅ) or P膩r艣va refers to the twenty-third of the twenty-four T墨rtha峁卥aras praised in the first book (腻诲墨艣惫补谤补-肠补谤颈迟谤补) [chapter 1] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, 鈥淸...] we worship the Arhats, who at all times and all places purify the people of the three worlds by their name, representation, substance, and actual existence. [...] May the Lord 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补, whose attitude of mind was the same toward Kama峁環a and Dhara峁噀ndra while each was performing actions characteristic of himself, be for your emancipation鈥�
: academia.edu: The epoch of the Mahavira-nirvanaParshvanatha, the 23rd Tirthankara.鈥擜ccording to Shrutyavatara of Indranandi, Parshvanatha flourished 250 years before Mahavira (1261-1189 BCE) and lived for 100 years. Therefore, the date of Parshvanatha can be fixed around 1539-1439 BCE. He was the son of King Ashvasena and Vamadevi. Ashvasena was the king of Varanasi.
Parshvanatha, the 23rd Tirthankar, revived the practice of Jainism 1550 years after Arishtanemi and finally, Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara laid strong foundations of Jainism.
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 (啶ぞ啶班啶多啶掂え啶距ぅ) or 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补驳墨迟补 refers to one of the twenty-four songs (驳墨迟补) embedded in the Caturvi峁兣沘tijina驳墨迟补 by Jinar膩ja (dealing with classical hymns and stotras from Jain literature), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the 鈥榁incenzo Joppi鈥� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.
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, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 (啶ぞ啶班啶多啶掂え啶距ぅ).鈥攖he Jaina pontiff. the 23 rd T墨rtha峁卥ara (Mar. p膩rasa- 苍腻迟丑补).
Derivable forms: 辫腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补岣� (啶ぞ啶班啶多啶掂え啶距ぅ啶�).
笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 辫腻谤艣惫补 and 苍腻迟丑补 (啶ㄠぞ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 (啶ぞ啶班啶多啶掂え啶距ぅ):鈥擺=辫腻谤艣惫补-苍腻迟丑补] [from 辫腻谤艣惫补 > p膩r艣ava] m. Name of a Jaina teacher (predecessor of Mah膩-v墨ra), [Monier-Williams鈥� Buddhism 530]
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 (嗖簿嗖班硩嗖多硩嗖掂波嗖距播):鈥擺noun] = 嗖簿嗖班硩嗖多硩嗖�- [parshva-] 7.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Parshva, Natha.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
Appendix 1 - The oldest and the other manuscripts of the Tilakamanjari
2. Terrestrial geography in the Tilakamanjari < [Chapter 10 - Geographical Data]
Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) (by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo)
Chapter 2: The origin of Jainism in Odisha (Orissa)
Parsvanatha image at Bhandesvara Siva Temple, Shripura < [Chapter 3: Survey of Jaina Antiquities in Odisha]
Jagannatha Temple, Baripada < [Chapter 3: Survey of Jaina Antiquities in Odisha]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal (by Shubha Majumder)
Single depiction of 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 sculptures < [Chapter 6 - Iconographic Study of Jaina Sculptural Remains]
Pa帽ca-t墨rthika type of 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 sculptures < [Chapter 6 - Iconographic Study of Jaina Sculptural Remains]
Caubisi type of 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 Sculptures < [Chapter 6 - Iconographic Study of Jaina Sculptural Remains]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 7: Defense of Prasenajit < [Chapter III - Birth, youth, initiation, and omniscience of 艢r墨 P膩r艣va]
Part 1: Invocation < [Chapter II - Previous births of 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补]
Part 5: P膩r艣va鈥檚 mok峁 (emancipation) < [Chapter IV - The wandering and emancipation of 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补]
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