Shvetambara
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Shvetambara — Shvetambara is one of the two branches of JAINISM. The name, which means “one who wears white gar ments,” refers to the fact that its monks may wear clothing, as opposed to the DIGAMBARA monks, who are required to be nude. The Shvetambaras… … Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Jainism — /juy niz euhm/, n. a dualistic religion founded in the 6th century B.C. as a revolt against current Hinduism and emphasizing the perfectibility of human nature and liberation of the soul, esp. through asceticism and nonviolence toward all living… … Universalium
Kankali Tila — (Sanskrit, tila, Hügel) ist ein Hügel im indischen Bundesstaat Uttar Pradesh und liegt südwestlich von Mathura zwischen Agra und Goverdhan. Der Name des Hügels ist abgeleitet von einem modernen Tempel, einem ärmlichen Schrein, der dominiert wird… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Jaïnisme — Une statue de Tirthankara, « faiseur de gué ». Le jaïnisme, ou jinisme, du sanskrit Jina « vainqueur », est une religion (en précisant que le mot religion se traduit en Inde par dharma, un mot largement polysémique qui… … Wikipédia en Français
Asceticism — Not to be confused with Aestheticism. Ascetic redirects here. It is not to be confused with Acetic. Asceticism (from the Greek: ἄσκησις, áskēsis, exercise or training ) describes a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of… … Wikipedia
Siddhanta — Siddhanta, a Sanskrit term, roughly translates as the Doctrine or the Tradition. It denotes the established and accepted view of a particular school within Indian philosophy.Hindu philosophyThis term is an established theological term within… … Wikipedia
Monk — For other uses, see Monk (disambiguation). St. Anthony the Great, considered the Father of Christian Monasticism A monk (from Greek: μοναχός, monachos, single, solitary [1]) is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or… … Wikipedia
Digambara — /di gum beuhr euh/, n. the earlier of the two principal Jain sects, whose members went naked. Cf. Svetambara. [ < Skt: naked] * * * ▪ Jainist sect Sanskrit“Sky clad,” i.e., naked one of the two principal sects of the Indian religion Jainism … Universalium
Mahavira — /meuh hah vear euh/, n. Vardhamana. * * * orig. Vardhamana born traditionally с 599, Kshatriyakundagrama, India died traditionally 527 BCE, Pavapuri Indian reformer of the Jain monastic community, last of the 24 Tirthankaras, or saints, who… … Universalium
Sthanakavasi — ▪ Jain sect Sanskrit“meetinghouse dweller” a modern subsect of the Shvetambara (Śvetāmbara) (“White robed”) sect of Jainism, a religion of India. The group is also sometimes called the Dhundhia (Sanskrit: “searchers”). The… … Universalium
