Bahya-parigraha, Bahyaparigraha: 1 definition
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General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: Jaina YogaBahya-parigraha (बह्य-परिग्रह, “external attachment”) refers to one of the two divisions of parigraha (attachment) and is related to the Aparigraha-vrata (vow of non-attachment). Bahya-parigraha (external attachment) is with the ten or (in the more current enumeration) nine external objects of parigraha concerned with the (aparigraha-vrata) vow.
According to Śvetāmbara (see Devagupta’s Nava-pada-prakaraṇa with Laghu-vṛtti 58):
- kṣetra (land),
- vāstu (houses),
- hiraṇya (silver),
- suvarṇa (gold),
- dhana (diverse commodities),
- dhānya (grain),
- dvipada (servants and birds),
- catuṣpada (livestock),
- kupya (furniture),
According to Digambara (see Cāmuṇḍarāya’s Caritrasāra p. 7):
- kṣetra (land),
- vāstu (houses),
- hiraṇya (gold coins),
- suvarṇa (gold),
- dhana (livestock),
- dhānya (grain),
- dāsī (maidservants),
- dāsa (menservants),
- kupya (cloth),
- śayyāsana (beds),
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.
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Partial matches: Bahya, Parigraha.
Full-text: Parigraha, Aparigrahavrata.
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