JainismJainism(jīˈnĭzəm)[i.e., the religion of Jina], religious system of India practiced by about 5,000,000 persons. Jainism,Ajivika, andBuddhismarose in the 6th cent. B.C. as protests against the overdeveloped ritualism ofHinduism, particularly its sacrificial cults, and the auth...
So, I was raised in America by Indian parents -- culturally Hindu, but practicing a strict and relatively unknown religion outside of India called Jainism. גדלתי באמריקה. אצל הורים הודים -- הינדים ב...
The Assembly of Listeners: Jain shopkeepers and moneylenders: rural informal credit networks in south Rajasthan Dilwara Temples of Rajasthan are popular for their artistic work. They are located near Mount Abu in Rajasthan. Mount Abu is beautiful and one and only hil... JHM Jones 被引量: 9发...
WhileMahavirahad rejected the claims of the caste system that privileged Brahman authority on the basis of innate purity, a formalizedcastesystem nonetheless gradually appeared among the Digambara laity in the south. Thishierarchywas depicted and sanctioned by Jinasena in hisAdipurana, a legendary biogr...
Even after writing was introduced, the traditional writing materials, such as palm leaves, birch bark, and (later) paper, did not last long in the South Asian climate. The earliest surviving Sanskrit references to mathematical subjects are some number words in the Vedas, ancient sacred texts ...
foundation of the Mahabodhi Society (Society of Great Enlightenment) in 1891, originally as a force to wrest control of the Buddhist shrine at Gaya from the hands of Hindu managers, gave a large stimulus to the popularization of Buddhist philosophy and the importance of the religion in India's...
We find references to them in the Budhist Jatak tales (composed both Pali and Sanskrit). These ... CN Venugopal - 《Politics & Religion in Contemporary India》 被引量: 0发表: 2013年 Religion in Ancient Tamil Country: Sangam Period, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Vedic Brahminism The ...
What do Hindus believe? One impersonal divine force– Brahman Takes the form of many personal deities (gods) True essence of life – Atman, the soul, is Brahman (the holy)trapped in matter (“our bodies”) Reincarnation – atman is continually born into this world lifetime after lifetime ...
Soni, Jayandra. 1999. Aspects of Jaina epistemology with special reference to Vidyānandin. InApproaches to Jain studies: Philosophy, logic, rituals and symbols, Centre for South Asian studies, in the series South Asian papers, ed. N.K. Wagle and Olle Qvarnström, 138–168. Toronto: Uni...
Kalpa-sūtra, a text held in great honour by the Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism, a religion of India. It deals with the lives of the 24 Jaina saviours, the Tīrthaṅkaras; the succession of pontiffs; and the rules for monks during the Paryuṣaṇa f