Ratnashekhara, Ratnaśekhara: 6 definitions
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Ratnashekhara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Ratnaśekhara can be transliterated into English as Ratnasekhara or Ratnashekhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume II: Apabhramsa metres (1)Ratnaśekhara (रत्नशेखर) is the author of the Chandaḥkośa (treating of the Apabhraṃśa metres) from around or before the 14th century A.D.—Ratnaśekhara was a pupil of Vajrasena and the successor of Hematilakasūri of the Nigpuriya Tapi Gaccha. According to a Paṭṭāvali, Ratnaśekhara was born in Sam. 1372 (cf. M.D. Desai’s “Jaina Gurjara Kavio” II p. 759).
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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I1) Ratnaśekhara (रत्नशेखर) or Ratnaśekharasūri is the author of the Laghukṣetrasamāsa (dealing with the Cosmology of Jain Canonical literature), which 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.
2) Ratnaśekhara (रत्नशेखर) or Ratnaśekharasūri was the teacher of Somacandra: the author of the Kathāmahodadhi (narrating stories from Jain literature).—The Kathāmahodadhi represents a repository of 157 stories was composed by Somacandra, pupil of Ratnaśekhara-sūri of the tapāgaccha, in VS 1504. [...] The Kathāmahodadhi, as explained by the author, is based on another work, the Karpūraprakara (both available in the printed edition). [...]
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumRatnaśekhara (रत्नशेखर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a Jaina author, one of whose works is dated 1429: Prabandhakośa. Gu. 10. Prākṛtachandaḥkośa. Peters. 3, 404.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRatnaśekhara (रत्नशेखर):—[=ratna-śekhara] [from ratna] m. Name of a Jaina author (15th century), [Catalogue(s)]
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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: Sekhara, Ratna.
Starts with: Ratnashekharasuri.
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