Jayasimha, Jayasiṃha: 13 definitions
Introduction:
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Mankhaka a sanskrit literary geniusJayasiṃha (जयसिंह), son of king Sussala ruled from A.D.1127-1159. Both the preceptor Ruyyaka and the pupil Maṅkhaka were protege to king Jayasiṃha.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureJayasiṃha (जयसिंह) or Jayasiṃha Siddharāja (1094-1143 C.E.) was a patron of Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.), the famous Jain author who has contributed a lot to the study of Sanskrit Prosody by way of writing his monumental work Chandonuśāsana. Hemacandra received the patronage of Jayasiṃha Siddharāja and his successor Kumārapāla of Anhilvid of Gujarat.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: IGNCA, Purana Bulletin: The Sarasvati PuranaJayasiṃha (जयसिंह) (=Siddharāja Jaysiṃha) is the name of an ancient king from Anahillapur Patan (Gujarat), as described in the Sarasvatīpurāṇa.—This Purāṇa gives in details some of the glorious deeds of the king Siddhraj (Jaysiṃha) of Patan. He was learned, generous, and brave king of Gujarat. He invited many scholars to his Court. He was Śaiva by religion and he had a desire to build many temples and other monuments all over Gujarat. He built a great lake Sahasraliṅga at Patan. It was filled in with the waters of the river Sarasvatī through a big canal. It was a very big lake having one thousand Śaiva temples, one hundred and eight Devī temples and the shrines of ten incarnations of the Lord Viṣṇu on the bank of it. It was a unique construction of the time. When he conquered Malva, as the sign of his victory, he constructed “a pillar of glorification” on the bank of this lake. The glorious deeds of the king and some description of the lake were carved on it. Muslim invasions on Gujarat resulted in the destruction of this lake and other monuments constructed by the king. Some of the fragments of the fame-poem carved on this stone pillar were recently found from a Śiva temple at Patan.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Google Books: Around AbhinavaguptaJayasiṃha (जयसिंह).—Under king Jayasiṃha (1128-1149) various Brahmins were supported for their rituals and solemn sacrifices.
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (hinduism)Jayasiṃha (जयसिंह) or Jayasiṃhasūri was the teacher of the Jayasiṃhasūri: the author of the Vasantavilāsa (dealing with poetry and riddles).—The author, Nayacandrasūri, was a Śvetāmbara Jain monk, pupil of Jayasiṃha-sūri, and belonged to the kṛṣṇarṣi-gaccha. He lived in the 15th century and is known as the author of a historical large poem, the Hammīramahākāvya, and of one of the few known representatives of the saṭṭaka genre (plays only in Prakrit), the Rambhāmañjarī.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection IJayasiṃha (जयसिंह) or Jayasiṃhasūri is the name of a teacher belonging to the añcala-gaccha, according to the Añcalagaccha-paṭṭāvalī (dealing with Jain lineages history), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ 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, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
Source: archive.org: Early History of the Andhra CountryThe grant of Jayasiṃha I who began to rule from 633 A.D., records that in his fifth year (638) he granted the village of Puloṃbūra in the Guddavāḍi viṣaya to Rudraśarman son of Śivaśarman and grandson of Dāmaśarman. In Mādhavavarman’s grant it is Śivaśarman son of Dāmaśarman that gets the same village. So it is clear that the Polamūru grant of Mādhavavarman is separated from the grant of Jayasiṃha by at least one generation.
Source: Archaeological Survey of India: Śaiva monuments at PaṭṭadakalJayasiṃha (जयसिंह).—It is quite likely that King Jayasiṃha was a vassal of Kadamba kings. When the latter began to weaken, taking the benefit of the situation, probably, Jayasiṃha might have declared his independence. His son was Raṇarāga, whose son was Pulikeśi (Pulakeśin) or Polekeśi I, the real architect of the realm. The history of Calukya kings begins with his accession to the throne.
Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ (History)Jayasiṃha (जयसिंह) refers to one of the kings of the Caulukya (Cālukka) dynasty of Gujarat, as is mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—Accordingly, “Jayasiṃha killed King Khaṃgāra and in his place appointed the governor by the name of Sajjaṇa. [...] Jayasiṃha, king of Mālava gave a plot of 24 hāla ° to the temple superintendents. The master of Avanti (Jayasiṃha) granted a land of 12 hāla ° to the officiants of the god”.
Note: List of the eleven Caulukya kings of which Aṇahilapura was the capital: Mūlarāja, Cāmuṇḍarāja, Vallabharāja, Durlabha, Bhīmadeva, Karṇa, Jayasiṃha, Kumārapāla, Ajayapāla, Bālamūlarāja, Bhīmadeva.—According to Sankalia 1941 p.33, the testimony of the inscriptions confirms the account of the chroniclers (Prabandhacintāmaṇi 65.14-15; Purātanaprabandhasaṃgraha 34.3; Sukṛtakīrtikallolinī 100 v. 8): he quotes an inscription from Girnar (not published to his knowledge) mentioned by Bombay Gazetteers I p. 160.
It is difficult to specify the indication: historians recognize at least two Jayasiṃha, Paramāra of Mālava (up to four: Ray 1931). Moreover, Jayasiṃha could designate the sovereign Caulukya of Gujarat (ca. 1100-1143), who became master of Mālava (between 1134 and 1138: cf. JBBRAS XXV p. 322-324) and subsequently took the title of 'Avantinātha: cf. Sankalia 1941 p. 38-9 and IA XX “Dohad stone pillar inscription (1196 VS)” p. 158-160. In favor of the latter hypothesis, there is the popularity of King Jayasiṃha Siddharāja in the Jaina sources (Prabandhacintāmaṇi, Purātanaprabandhasaṃgraha, Prabandhakośa) and the mention in this passage of Bhāvaḍa’s Vividhatīrthakalpa: according to Struggle for Empire 1966 ( 11957) p. 76, Jayasiṃha wanted as successor Bhāvaḍa, son of Udayana, his minister.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Jayasiṃha (जयसिंह) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—king (1094-1143), patron of Jayamaṅgala (Kaviśikṣā). Peters. 1, 68.
2) Jayasiṃha (जयसिंह):—king, son of Viṣṇusiṃha, son of Kṛṣṇasiṃha, son of Rāmasiṃha, son of Jayasiṃha, son of Mahāsiṃha, son of Jagatsiṃha, son of Mānasiṃha. The first Jayasiṃha was patron of Ratnākara (Jayasiṃhakalpadruma 1714). Oxf. 285^a. L. 1705.
3) Jayasiṃha (जयसिंह):—son of Sussaladeva, king of Kāśmīra, ruled 1129-1150. Rājataraṅgiṇī 8, 241. Report. p. 50. He was patron of Maṅkha.
4) Jayasiṃha (जयसिंह):—king of Bāberī, patron of Gopīnātha Maunin (Siddhāntatattvasarvasva). Hall. p. 77.
5) Jayasiṃha (जयसिंह):—of Jayapura (1730), patron of Jagannātha (Rekhāgaṇita). Oxf. 340^b. Cambr. 75.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jayasiṃha (जयसिंह):—[=jaya-siṃha] [from jaya] m. Name of a Kaśmir king, [Rājataraṅgiṇī viii]
2) [v.s. ...] of a man, [v, 225]
3) [v.s. ...] of a son of Rāma-siṃha (1600 A.D.)
4) [v.s. ...] of several other men
5) Jayāsiṃha (जयासिंह):—[=jayā-siṃha] [from jayā > jaya] m. Name of a man, [Rājataraṅgiṇī vii, 58.]
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