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13 Cards in this Set
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Agama |
canonical (official) texts within Svetambara Jainism |
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Ahimsa |
literally,non-harm or non-violence. For Jains it denotes a philosophy of life in whichall living beings should be respected and, to the greatest degree possible,protected from harm |
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Angas |
partof their canon of scripture |
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Digambaras |
early sectarian node within Jainism with its ownsacred scriptures; identified by the male mendicant practice of nudityt |
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Gunas |
changeablequalities of perceivable reality |
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Jina |
conqueror;name given to the 24 ascetic prophets who conquered the world of desire andsuffering, and taught the path to eternal happiness; alternatively calledTirthankara |
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KalpaSutra |
one of the religious texts |
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Mahavira |
‘Great Hero’; epithet (nickname) of the 24thand final Jina of or time cycle, born Vardhamana Jnatrupura in the 6thcentury BCE; founder or Jainism |
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Nigoda |
microscopicorganisms that are all around us and die within milliseconds – they only have asense of touch |
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Svetambaras |
oneof the two early sectarian nodes within Jainism; mendicants wear simple whiterobes |
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Swastika- |
traditionalreligious symbol meaning prosperity |
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Tirthankara-- |
‘ford-maker’; epithet for the 24 Jinas who, throughtheir teachings, created a ford across the ocean of samsara |
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Yaksha/Yakshi |
name of a broad class of nature spirits, who arecaretakers of the natural treasures hidden in the earth and tree roots |
