Pindattha, Piṇḍattha: 1 definition

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Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Piṇḍattha (पिण्डत्थ) (Prakrit; in Sanskrit: Piṇḍārtha) refers to the “summed-up meaning”, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 350, l. 16]—‘Piṇḍārtha’ means the meaning summed up, the gist or the sum and the substance of the whole. Its Pāiya (Prakrit) equivalent ‘piṇḍattha’ occurs in Dasaveyāliyanijjutti (v 25) and ‘piṇḍitattha’ in Mālavikāgnimitra (I, p 19 of Kale’s edition).

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