Saudharma: 6 definitions
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Saudharma means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSaudharma (सौधर्म):—gaṇa gaurādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 41] (f. ī). nach dem [Scholiast] zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 93] adj. von sudharmā = devasabhā . m. Name eines Himmels bei den Jaina [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 291. 320.] jāḥ (= saudharme kalpe jātāḥ Comm.) Bez. einer Klasse von Göttern bei den Jaina [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 93.]
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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Starts with: Saudharmaja, Saudharmakalpa, Saudharmasabha.
Full-text (+5): Saudharmakalpa, Saudharmaja, Saudharmya, Kalpa, Saudharmendra, Sohamma, Vaimanika, Shakra, Aishana, Ibhapura, Indra, Gandhasamriddhaka, Upapada, Shatabala, Pushpaka, Harivamsha, Sudharma, Urdhvaloka, Candrakirti, Kalpopapanna.
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Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 3 - Upward movement of Asurakumāras < [Chapter 2]
Part 12 - On celestial positions < [Chapter 2]
Part 13 - Why Asurakumāras go to Saudharma-kalpa: a second reason < [Chapter 2]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 4.19 - The sixteen Kalpa, nine Graiveyaka and five Anuttara < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 4.33 - The minimum lifetime in Saudharma and Aiśāna kalpa < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 4.29 - Lifetime in the first two Kalpa among the heavenly beings < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 16: Eighth incarnation as a god (in Saudharma) < [Chapter I]
Part 5: Third incarnation as a god in Saudharma < [Chapter I]
Part 3: Second incarnation as a god < [Chapter I - Previous incarnations of Ariṣṭanemi (Nemi)]
Kalpa-sutra (Lives of the Jinas) (by Hermann Jacobi)