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8 Cards in this Set
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Jina |
a great teacher who has attained liberation from karma. |
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Svetambara |
Jain order monks who are less ascetic than the Digambara. |
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Tirthamkara |
The great enlightened teachers in Jainism, of whom Mahariva was the last in the present cosmic cycle. |
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ahimsa |
Non-violence, a central Jain principle. |
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Mahavira |
The twenty-fourth and last tirthankara of Jainism. |
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jiva/ajiva |
The soul. |
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Digambaras |
A highly ascetic order of Jain monks who wear no clothes. |
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rajju |
a rope, cord, string, line. |
