Alternative spellings of this word include Rayachanda.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Rāyacanda (रायचन्द) is the author of the Mallikumārīcaritra (dealing with Jain universal history such as the Jinas and related figures), 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.—Rāyacanda belonged to the jayamallagaccha of the Sthānakavāsins. he was the disciple of the founder of this group, Jayamalla, and was his successor as an Ācārya. He was born in VS 1796 (1739 ce), took dīkṣā under Jayamalla in VS 1814 and died in VS 1861 (1804 ce). He wrote more than two hundred compositions, among them narrative poems and paccīsīs and was very much anchored in Rajasthan. The colophon is interesting as the copyist, gaṃgā, is a nun belonging to group of the author, disciple of another nun of the same group, lāṭhāṃ. The copy was made during the author’s life time, only thirteen years after the composition.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Raya, Canda.

Full-text: Mallikumaricaritra, Jayamalla.

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