Gostupa, 骋辞蝉迟奴辫补: 3 definitions
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Source: Wisdom Library: Jainism骋辞蝉迟奴辫补 (啶椸啶膏啶む啶�) is the name of a big square lotus-lake situated in the vicinity of the four A帽jana mountains, according to Jain cosmology. Within these sixten lakes are crystal Dadhimukha mountains and between each two lakes are two Ratikara mountains, each mountain having their own 艢膩艣vatajin膩laya (鈥渆ternal temple鈥�).
The A帽jana-mountains (and lakes such as 骋辞蝉迟奴辫补) are situated in the southern direction of the central part of Nand墨艣vara诲惫墨辫补, which is one of the continents (诲惫墨辫补) of the middle-world (madhyaloka) and is mentioned in ancient Jaina canonical texts dealing with cosmology and geography of the universe. Examples of such texts are the Sa峁僩raha峁嚹玶atna in the 艢vet膩mbara tradition or the Tiloyapannatti and the Trilokas膩ra in the Digambara tradition.
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra1) 骋辞蝉迟奴辫补 (啶椸啶膏啶む啶�) refers to a mountain of the Indras of the Vel膩dh膩rins in the Lava峁噊da ocean surrounding Jamb奴诲惫墨辫补 which is situated in the 鈥渕iddle world鈥� (madhyaloka), according to chapter 2.3 [补箩颈迟补苍腻迟丑补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] 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:鈥斺�淣ext, surrounding Jamb奴诲惫墨辫补, and twice as wide, is the ocean named Lava峁噊da. [...] 骋辞蝉迟奴辫补, Udak膩bh膩sa, 艢a峁卥ha, Udakas墨maka, made of gold, a峁卥a, silver, and crystal are the mountains of the Indras of the Vel膩dh膩rins. They are the abodes of the gods 骋辞蝉迟奴辫补, 艢ivaka, 艢a峁卥ha, and Manoh峁沝a; and are in the (four) directions at 42,000 yojanas (from Jamb奴诲惫墨辫补). They are 1721 yojanas high; 1022 yojanas wide at the base, and 424 at the top. On top of them all there are gleaming palaces鈥�.
2) 骋辞蝉迟奴辫补 (啶椸啶膏啶む啶�) refers to one of the lotus-lakes situated near the four A帽jana mountains, which are situated in the 鈥渕iddle world鈥� (madhyaloka), according to chapter 2.3.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚n the four directions from each of the A帽jana Mountains there are lotus-lakes, 100,000 yojanas square: [e.g., 骋辞蝉迟奴辫腻, ...]. At a distance of 500 yojanas from each of them there are great gardens, 500 yojanas wide and 100,000 long, [...]. Within the lotus-lakes are the crystal Dadhimukha Mountains, [...] Between each two lotus-lakes there are 2 Ratikara Mountains so there are 32 Ratikara Mountains. On the Dadhimukha Mountains and on the Ratikara Mountains, there are eternal shrines of the Arhats, just as on the A帽jana Mountains. [...]鈥�.
3) 骋辞蝉迟奴辫腻 (啶椸啶膏啶む啶�) refers to one of the 32 mountains between the lotus-lakes situated near the four A帽jana mountains, which are situated in the 鈥渕iddle world鈥� (madhyaloka), according to .鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] In them (i.e., the 32 Ratikara Mountains, e.g., 骋辞蝉迟奴辫腻) the gods with all their splendor together with their retinues make eight-day festivals in the shrines on the holy days of the holy Arhats鈥�.
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: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)骋辞蝉迟奴辫补 (啶椸啶膏啶む啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Gothubha, 骋辞迟丑奴产丑补, 骋辞迟丑奴产丑腻.
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.
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Full-text: Gothubha, Veladharin, Udakabhasa, Udakasimaka, Shankha.
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