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Definitions of jainist in various dictionaries:
noun - a believer in Jainism
adj - relating to or characteristic of Jainism
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Indian ascetic |
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Oct 10 2012 The Times - Concise |
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Same as Jain. |
a believer in Jainism |
relating to or characteristic of Jainism |
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Jainism (), traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is an ancient Indian religion. Followers of Jainism are called "Jains", a word derived from the Sanskrit word jina (victory) and connoting the path of victory in crossing over life's stream of rebirths through an ethical and spiritual life. Jains trace their history through a succession of twenty-four victorious saviours and teachers known as tirthankaras, with the first being Rishabhanatha, who is believed to have lived millions of years ago in Jain tradition, and twenty-fourth being the Mahvra around 500 BCE. Jains believe that Jainism is an eternal dharma with the tirthankaras guiding every cycle of the Jain cosmology. * The main religious premises of Jainism are ahis ("non-violence"), anekntavda ("many-sidedness"), aparigraha ("non-attachment") and asceticism. Jain monastics, renunciants, and devout householders take five main vows known as vratas, outlined in their oldest surviving text, the Acaranga Stra: ahis ("non-violence"), satya |