Jainism

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Agama

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Canonical texts within Svetambara Jainism

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Ahimsa

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Literally, non-harm or non-violence, a philosophy that all living beings should be respected to the greatest degree

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Angas

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Bhagwan Mahavira's teachings, 12 scriptures in the agama

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Digambara

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one of the two principal sects of the Indian religion Jainism, whose male ascetics shun all property and wear no clothes.

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Gunas

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Attributes that define an entity and are essential of an entity

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Jina

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Literally. ‘conquerer’; name given to the 24 ascetic-prophets who conquered the world of desire and suffering, and taught the path to eternal happiness; alternatively called Tirthankara.

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Kalpa Sutra

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text containing the biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras, notably Parshvanath and Mahavira, including the latter's Nirvana

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Mahavira

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Literally, ‘great hero’; epithet of the 24th and final jina of our time cycle, born Vardhamana Jnatrpura in the sixth century bce.

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Nigoda

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a realm existing in which the lowest forms of life reside in endless numbers, and without any hope of release by self-effort. Jain scriptures describe nigodas which are sub-microscopic creatures living in large clusters and having a very short life and are said to pervade each and every part of universe, even in tissues of plants and flesh of animals.

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Svetambaras

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One of the tow early sectarian nodes within Jainism; mendicants wear simple White robes

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Swastika

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Good luck, symbols of fortune

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Tirthankara

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Literally, ‘ford-maker’; epithet for the 24 Jinas who, through their teachings, creted a Ford across the ocean of samsara

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Yaksha, yakshi

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Guardian deities of jina