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Unit 3: Jainism
Term | Definition |
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ahimsa | Nonviolence, a central Jain principle |
Aparigraha | Nonacquisitiveness; a major Jain principle |
Anekantwad | Jain principle of nonabsolutism, because truth has many aspects |
Tirthankaras | The great enlightened teachers in Jainism, of whom Mahavira was the last in the present cosmic cycle |
jiva | The soul |
ajiva | Matter |
Anuvrat | Small vows; apart of the Anuvrat Movement; used to help people keep strong moral standards against the looser moral code of the society around them |
Digambara | A highly ascetic order of Jain monks who wear no clothes; left when the Jains split up during the famine; adhere to the traditional standards; sky-clad |
Shvetambara | Jain order of monks who are less ascetic than the Digambara; stayed when the Jains split up during the famine; have more contemporary standards; white-clad |