Simhagiri, 厂颈峁僪补驳颈谤颈, Sinhagiri, Simha-giri: 6 definitions
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Simhagiri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Hindupedia: Later AdvaitinsHead of the 艢峁涐箙ger墨 P墨峁環a during the 11th century CE. The agrah膩ra adjoining the 艢峁涐箙ger墨 P墨tha is named after him.
Vedanta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�, ved膩nta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: University of Cambridge: Jainism厂颈峁僪补驳颈谤颈 (啶膏た啶傕す啶椸た啶班た) refers to one of the 70 teachers mentioned in the 碍丑补谤补迟补谤补驳补肠肠丑补辫补峁弓腻惫补濒墨: a Sanskrit text listing the heads or pontiffs (蝉奴谤颈) of the Kharataragaccha, one of the most important 艢vet膩mbara monastic orders. The Kharatara-gaccha is especially rooted in Rajasthan. The text includes a narration of events in their lives (i.e., of 厂颈峁僪补驳颈谤颈), and can thus be called a 碍丑补谤补迟补谤补驳补肠肠丑补辫补峁弓腻惫补濒墨
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I厂颈峁僪补驳颈谤颈 (啶膏た啶傕す啶椸た啶班た) is the name of a teacher belonging to the 补帽肠补濒补-驳补肠肠丑补, according to the A帽calagaccha-pa峁弓膩val墨 (dealing with Jain lineages history), 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.
India history and geography
: Wikipedia: India History厂颈峁僪补驳颈谤颈 (啶膏た啶傕す啶椸た啶班た) (lit. 鈥淟ion Rock鈥�) is another name for Sigiriya, which functioned as an ancient Buddhist monastery dating dating to the 3rd century BCE and is therefore a site of historical and archaeological significance. Sigiriya is an ancient rock fortress located in the northern Matale District near the town of Dambulla in the Central Province, Sri Lanka. According to the ancient Sri Lankan chronicle the Culavamsa, this area was a large forest, then after storms and landslides it became a hill and was selected by King Kashyapa (AD 477鈥�495) for his new capital. [...]
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂颈峁僪补驳颈谤颈 (啶膏た啶傕す啶椸た啶班た):鈥擺=蝉颈峁僪补-驳颈谤颈] [from 蝉颈峁僪补] m. (with Jainas) Name of a Sthavira, [Hemacandra鈥檚 Pari艣i峁ａ弓aparvan]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Simhagirishvara, Simhagirishvaracarya.
Full-text: Simhagirishvara, Sigiriya, Dashapura, Kharataragacchapattavali.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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Kalpa-sutra (Lives of the Jinas) (by Hermann Jacobi)
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