{"id":96158,"date":"2026-04-02T12:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=96158"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:00:17","slug":"samrat-samprati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/samrat-samprati\/","title":{"rendered":"Samrat Samprati"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Samrat Samprati Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Prime Minister of India inaugurated the Samrat Samprati Museum in Gujarat.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Samrat Samprati<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samrat Samprati (224-215 BC) was a <\/span><b>Mauryan ruler.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was the <\/span><b>grandson of Samrat Ashoka.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Other Names:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He was known as <\/span><b>Indrapalit, Sangat and Vigatashok.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was known for <\/span><b>propagating Jainism<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the principle of non-violence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His life is described in Jain scripture like <\/span><b>\u2018Sampratikatha\u2019, \u2018Parishistaparva\u2019, and \u2018Prabhavakcharita\u2019.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King Samprati had established centres of <\/span><b>Jain culture in Iran and in Arab countries.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is said that Samprati, also <\/span><b>known as &#8216;Jain Ashoka&#8217;,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> built thousands of Jain temples in western and southern India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Jainism<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jainism is a <\/span><b>sramanic religion.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sramana&#8217; is a Sanskrit word that denotes an ascetic or monk.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jainism is one of the religions whose origin can be traced back to the <\/span><b>twenty four teachers (tirthankaras<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; ones who establishes a path or ford), through whom their faith is believed to have been handed down.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 24th Tirthankara was <\/span><b>Vardhamana Mahavira.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jainism mainly aims at the <\/span><b>attainment of liberation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It can be attained through three principles required to be observed to attain Moksha\/Nirvana<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Samyakdarshana:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Right Faith\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Samyakjnana:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Right Knowledge\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Samyakcharita:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Right Action\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>five doctrines of Jainism<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (five vows), known as Panchamahavratas, are for the monks.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Ahimsa:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> do not commit violence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Satya:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> do not tell a lie<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Asteya:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> do not steal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Aparigraha:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> do not hoard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Brahmacharya:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> observe continence.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/gujarat\/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-samrat-samprati-museum-semiconductor-plant-in-gujarat-on-march-31\/article70803299.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samrat Samprati was a Mauryan ruler and grandson of Samrat Ashoka. 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