Ganadhara, Gaṇadhara, Gana-dhara: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGaṇadhara (गणधर):—(gaṇa + dhara) m. Vorstand einer Versammlung; bei den Jaina Vorstand einer Ṛṣi-Versammlung des Arhant Vira [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 31.]
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Gaṇadhara (गणधर):—[WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 285. 298. fg. 304.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGaṇadhara (गणधर):—m. Vorstand einer Versammlung , insbes. einer Ṛṣi-Versammlung des Arhant Vīra.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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 (+81): Shubhadatta, Ganabhrit, Agnibhuti, Kampilapura, Soma, Mahendra, Vijaya, Akampita, Jaya, Varisena, Ashramapada, Kanakaketu, Shantimati, Mithila, Yashodhara, Sambhuta, Lilavati, Dhanya, Kshemapuri, Namiraja.
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Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) (by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo)
Jaina Antiquities at Panchagaon (Khordha) < [Chapter 3: Survey of Jaina Antiquities in Odisha]
Jaina Antiquities at Koisali (Mayurbhanj) < [Chapter 3: Survey of Jaina Antiquities in Odisha]
Jaina Antiquities at Mangala Temple, Kuansa < [Chapter 3: Survey of Jaina Antiquities in Odisha]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 15: The foundation of the tīrtha < [Chapter III]
Part 14: Seventh incarnation as Śaṅkha < [Chapter I - Previous incarnations of Ariṣṭanemi (Nemi)]
Part 5: Founding of Mahāvīra’s congregation and gaṇas < [Chapter V - Mahāvīra’s omniscience and the originating of the fourfold congregation]
Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) (by Deepak bagadia)
Part 5 - Jain scriptures and Spiritual teachers < [Chapter 3 - Jain Philosophy and Practice]
Part 5.1 - The main Twelve Angas < [Chapter 3 - Jain Philosophy and Practice]
Part 6 - Literature (comparing Yoga and Jainism < [Chapter 4 - A Comparative Study]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 8 - On knowing by the monks < [Chapter 4]
Part 1 - Obeisances < [Chapter 1]
Kalpa-sutra (Lives of the Jinas) (by Hermann Jacobi)
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 6.13 - The nature of Faith-deluding Karmas < [Chapter 6 - Influx of Karmas]
Verse 1.20 - Scriptural knowledge (śrutajñāna) < [Chapter 1 - Right Faith and Knowledge]