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21Jain — /dʒeɪn/ (say jayn) noun 1. an adherent of Jainism; a Jainist. –adjective 2. of or relating to the Jains or Jainism: a Jain temple. {Hindi (from Sanskrit) jaina, from jina, literally, conqueror} …
22Jain philosophy — (Sanskrit: Jain darsana ; sa. जैन दर्शन) deals extensively with the problems of metaphysics, reality, cosmology, ontology, epistemology and divinity. Jainism is essentially a transtheistic religion of ancient India. [Zimmer (1969), p.182] It is a …
23Jain Temples in the West — came about after the Oshwal and Jain diaspora spread to the West in the late 1970s and 1980s, tho the first Jain temple to be built outside India was constructed and consecrated in the 1960s in Mombasa Kenya.Australia*… …
24Jain vegetarianism — is the diet of the Jains, the followers of Jainism. It is the most radical form of religiously motivated diet regulation in the Indian subcontinent.Like in Hinduism and Buddhism, Jain objections to the eating of meat and fish are based on the… …
25Jain monasticism — Jain Muni or simply Muni is the term often used for Jain monks [Jains in the World: Religious Values and Ideology in India By John E. Cort, Published 2001Oxford University PressUS] .A Jain monk does not have a permanent home and does not have any …
26Jain Symbols — are symbols pertaining to the Jain religion. Introduction The purpose of a symbol is to provide an identity or image to an entity. It is basically an abstract view of the core values that uniquely identify an entity. The entities can be various… …
27Jain rituals and festivals — play a prominent part in Jainism. Rituals can take place daily or more often, while festivals occur on designated days of the year.Everyday ritualsPious Jains incorporate a number of rituals into their daily life. Spreading the grain for the… …
28Jain (disambiguation) — Jain may refer to: * Jainism, the religion of Jains. * Jain community * Jain cosmology * Jain (Satvika) * List of Jains, a list of people who follow the Jain religion. * Java APIs for Integrated Networks, for JAIN Java API. * Jain Irrigation… …
29Jain Meditation — is called Samayika.The Samayika is done to practice meditation generally by sitting in the Kayotsarga (khadgasana) , Padmasana or Paryankasana [http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/zoomObject.cfm?ObjectId=12831] postures. Although other postures… …
30Jain Prakrit — is a term loosely used for the language of the Jain canon.The books of Jainism were written in the popular dialects as opposed to Sanskrit, which was the language of the dominant Vedantic canon, and therefore encompass a number of dialects. Chief …
