Godiparshvanatha, Goḍīpārśvanātha, Godi-parshvanatha: 1 definition

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Goḍīpārśvanātha (गोडीपार्श्वनाथ) or Goḍīpārśvanāthastavana is the name of a work by Nemavijaya dealing with Pārśva in Jain literature.—The Goḍīpārśvanāthastavana (in Rajasthani) 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.—This Goḍīpārśvanāthastavana is a historical cum legendary account of the life of an image, implying dreams, semi-divine interventions, hiding from ‘Turukas’, pious laymen and successive travels before final installation. These events took place in the last decades of the 14th century CE. [...]

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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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