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23 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Agamas
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Sacred texts from the teachings of Mahavira
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Ahimsa
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Non-violence
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Anekantavada
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Relative pluralism
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Aparigraha
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Non-attachment
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Digambara
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Sky Clad sect, more conservative, ascetics are only male and nude
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Himsa
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Violence
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Jina
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One who has achieved enlightenment and release
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Jiva
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Living soul
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Kevala-jnana
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Enlightenment
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Karma-matter
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Matter created by past acts that weighs down your soul
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Moksha
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Release from the rounds of rebirth
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Sadhu
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Male ascetic
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Sadvi
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Female ascetic
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Samsara
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Rounds of rebirth
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Samsari
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One trapped in the rounds of rebirth
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Siddha
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Liberated soul
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Sramana
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Wandering ascetic
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Sravaka
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Male layperson
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Sthanakvasi
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Subsect of the Svetambaras, no images, keep mouths covered
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Svetambara
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White clad sect, allows both men and women to become monks, uses Agamas
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Terapanthi
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Subsect of Svetambaras, no images, keep mouths covered, have a single head
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Tirthankara
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Ford Finder, founder of the "dispensation"
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Wheel
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Rounds of rebirth
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