Upasakadasha, Upāsakadaśā, Upasaka-dasha: 5 definitions
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Upasakadasha 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.
Upasakadasha has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Upāsakadaśā can be transliterated into English as Upasakadasa or Upasakadasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUpāsakadaśa (उपासकदश):—(u + daśan) m. pl. Titel des 7ten der zwölf heiligen Bücher bei den Jaina [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 244.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUpāsakadaśa (उपासकदश):—m. Pl. Titel eines Jaina-Werkes.
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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Partial matches: Dasa, Upasaka, Taca.
Starts with: Upasakadashasamgrahagatha, Upasakadashasutra.
Full-text: Dvadashanga, Suradeva, Kumbhakara, Cullashataka, Kamadeva, Kundakaulika, Nandinipita, Gathapati, Culanipita, Shakadalaputra, Mahashataka, Salihipita, Triyoga, Shramanabhuta, Shramana, Vrata, Trikarana, Shramanadharma, Sadhana, Chindika.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 3 - The Canonical and other Literature of the Jains < [Chapter VI - The Jaina Philosophy]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 5: Founding of Mahāvīra’s congregation and gaṇas < [Chapter V - Mahāvīra’s omniscience and the originating of the fourfold congregation]
A study of the philosophy of Jainism (by Deepa Baruah)
Chapter I.e - Religious and philosophical literature of the Jainas < [Chapter I - Introduction]
Sutrakritanga (English translation) (by Hermann Jacobi)
Lecture 2: On Activity < [Book 2]