Alternative spellings of this word include Munichandra.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Municandra (मुनिचन्द्र) is the name of an ancient Muni, according to chapter 4.3 [vimalanātha-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—Accordingly, “Bhadra, disgusted with existence from grief at his brother’s death, took the vow under Muni Municandra. After he had spent sixty-five lacs of years in life, he died, and attained the highest abode (mokṣa)”.

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Municandra (मुनिचन्द्र) or Municandrasūri is the author of the Vanaspatikāvicāraprakaraṇa (dealing with the Upāṅga section of Jain Canonical literature), which 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.—Like the Upāsakadaśāsaṃgrahagāthā, the Vanaspatikāvicāraprakaraṇa  instance of a section of the Prajñāpanā which has been singled out for exposition, namely section 1 about plant-life. the focus is on pratyekavanaspati and anantavanaspati. Municandrasūri belonged to the tapāgaccha, was a disciple of Jinacandravijaya and composed this work in VS 1178.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Municandra (मुनिचन्द्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a pupil of Vardhamāna. Gaṇaratnamahodadhi p. 3.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Municandra (मुनिचन्द्र):—[=muni-candra] [from muni] m. Name of a pupil of Vardhamāna, [Gaṇaratna-mahodadhi]

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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: Candra, Muni, Camdra.

Starts with: Municandrasuri.

Full-text: Jinacandravijaya, Campaka, Bodhan, Kumaraka, Pratyekavanaspati, Anantavanaspati, Vanaspatikavicaraprakarana, Municandrasuri, Maricika, Ghata, Chandonushasana.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Municandra, Muni-candra, Muni-caṃdra, Municaṃdra, Muni-camdra, Municamdra; (plurals include: Municandras, candras, caṃdras, Municaṃdras, camdras, Municamdras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 20: Death of Bhadra < [Chapter III - Vimalanāthacaritra]

Part 2: Previous incarnations of Brahmadatta < [Chapter I - Brahmadattacaritra]

Part 18: Further wandering with Gośāla < [Chapter III - Mahāvīra’s first six years as an ascetic]

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Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)

Part 14 - Conclusion < [Chapter 10 - Prakaraṇa (critical study)]

Part 7 - Characters in the Mudritakumudacandra < [Chapter 10 - Prakaraṇa (critical study)]

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Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)

In Light of the Apoha Theory of Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla

Two Kinds of Causal Capacity: Sāmānyā śaktiḥ and Pratiniyatā śaktiḥ

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