Rayacanda, 搁腻测补肠补苍诲补, Raya-canda: 1 definition
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Alternative spellings of this word include Rayachanda.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I搁腻测补肠补苍诲补 (啶班ぞ啶啶ㄠ啶�) is the author of the Mallikum膩r墨caritra (dealing with Jain universal history such as the Jinas and related figures), 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.鈥敻槟宀獠钩Σ共曰宀� belonged to the jayamallagaccha of the Sth膩nakav膩sins. he was the disciple of the founder of this group, Jayamalla, and was his successor as an 膧c膩rya. He was born in VS 1796 (1739 ce), took 诲墨办峁Ｄ� under Jayamalla in VS 1814 and died in VS 1861 (1804 ce). He wrote more than two hundred compositions, among them narrative poems and 辫补肠肠墨蝉墨蝉 and was very much anchored in Rajasthan. The colophon is interesting as the copyist, 驳补峁僩腻, is a nun belonging to group of the author, disciple of another nun of the same group, 濒腻峁环腻峁�. The copy was made during the author鈥檚 life time, only thirteen years after the composition.
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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Full-text: Mallikumaricaritra, Jayamalla.
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