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Detachment means something in the history of ancient India. 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.
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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Detachment (state) represents a scene of human life commonly depicted on the Saṃsāracakra paintings, in ancient India, as mentioned in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Page 185.21 f.: Here follows a description of a printed scroll illustrating the Jaina conception of saṃsāracakra. [...] The saṃsāra-cakra illustrated the three worlds of hell, human world and the world of gods. [For example:] Persons renouncing the world in a state of detachment.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Starts with: Detachment from passion.
Full-text (+369): Vairagya, Asangatya, Viveka, Vijayadanda, Vyasanga, Kaivalya, Tukadi, Viraga, Sahasra, Indriyasanga, Anasakta, Dandacakra, Bilagava, Viveka Sukha, Anasakt, Vairagy, Vitaraga, Nissamsara, Udasinabhava, Dravyamoksha.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 50(a) - Jarāsandha’s Second Expedition < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Chapter 8 - What the Avadhūta learnt from the Nine-Preceptors < [Book 11 - Eleventh Skandha]
Chapter 8 - The Nārāyaṇa-Kavaca explained < [Book 6 - Sixth Skandha]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 5: Taṇḍulanāli-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Jataka 318: Kanavera-jātaka < [Volume 3]
Jataka 301: Cullakāliṅga-jātaka < [Volume 3]
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 34 - Jarasandha Prepares to Attack Mathura < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 35 - Jarasandha’s Army < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 57 - Krishna’s Proposal to Go to Dvaraka < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
IX. The concepts of renunciation (prahāṇa), detachment (virāga) and cessation (nirodha) < [Chapter XXXVII - The Ten Concepts]
II. Concentration of the doubly liberated saint (ubhayatobhāga-vimukta) < [Part 2 - Surpassing the high concentrations of the Śrāvakas]
II. The Ten Knowledges (daśa-jñāna) according to the Abhidharma < [Part 1 - The eleven knowledges (jñāna, ñāṇa)]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 75 - The Story of Novice Monk Tissa of the Forest Monastery < [Chapter 5 - Bāla Vagga (Fools)]
Verse 418 - The Story of the Monk who was once a Mime < [Chapter 26 - Brāhmaṇa Vagga (The Brāhmaṇa)]
Verse 166 - The Story of Venerable Attadattha < [Chapter 12 - Atta Vagga (Self)]
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