Acalabhratri, Acalabhrātṛ: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Acalabhrātṛ can be transliterated into English as Acalabhratr or Acalabhratri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Achalabhratri.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAcalabhrātṛ (अचलभ्रातृ).—m.
(-tā) The name of a Jaina saint, one of the eleven pupils of the last pontiff. E. acala and bhrātṛ brother.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAcalabhrātṛ (अचलभ्रातृ):—[=a-cala-bhrātṛ] [from a-cala] m. Name of a Brāhman from Oude, who became one of the eleven heads of Gaṇas among the Jainas.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAcalabhrātṛ (अचलभ्रातृ):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-tā) A proper name: a Brāhmaṇa of Oude, of the Harīta family, who became a convert to the Jaina doctrine and then one of the eleven chiefs of the gaṇas or assemblings of the Jaina Ṛṣis. E. acala and bhrātṛ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAcalabhrātṛ (अचलभ्रातृ):—[a-calabhrātṛ] (tā) 4. m. Name of a sage.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 4: Conversion of the Gautamas and other Brāhmans < [Chapter V - Mahāvīra’s omniscience and the originating of the fourfold congregation]
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Kalpa-sutra (Lives of the Jinas) (by Hermann Jacobi)