# समवसरण (samavasaraṇa)

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समवसरण (samavasaraṇa) is a Sanskrit word meaning meeting, assembling, or an assembly, aim, goal. Its 3 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Aim or Goal, Assembly or Place of Assembly, Descent of a Jina.

- **SLP1:** `samavasaraRa`  **IAST:** samavasaraṇa  **Devanagari:** समवसरण
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samavasarana
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/samavasarana/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Aim or Goal (1 definition)
- aim, goal  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > aim, goal, Buddh. [ ID=233849 ]

### Assembly or Place of Assembly (1 definition)
- meeting, assembling, or an assembly  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1157,3] सम् - अवसरण (sam-avasaraṇa) n. meeting, assembling, an assembly, Buddh. [ ID=233847 ]

### Descent of a Jina (1 definition)
- the descent of a Jina from heaven to earth or the place of this descent  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > descent (of a Jina from heaven to earth) or place of descent, HPariś. [ ID=233848 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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