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Jain (/ˈdʒeɪn/) is the title and name given to an adherent of Jainism. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit term jina ("conqueror" or "victor"). This article lists prominent individuals who have self-identified as a follower of Jainism.
2023. "Jains steal the show with 7 Padmas". The Times of India. 9 April 2015. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 December 2023. TNN (9 April 2015). "Jains steal...
Jainism is India's sixth-largest religion and is practiced throughout India. Per the 2011 census, there are 4,451,753 Jains in the 1.35 billion population...
majority ofJains currently reside in India. With four to five million followers worldwide, Jainism is small compared to major world religions. Jains form...
have converted to Jainism and is growing faster there. Legal status ofJainism as a distinct religion in India ListofJains Sarak "Jains steal the show...
This is a listof ancient Jains. Krishnamachari, Suganthy (12 October 2017), "On how Kongu Nadu was a Jain bastion", The Hindu Prakash, BV (20 May 2014)...
This is a listof important texts written by Jain ascetics and those which are of important value to Jainism. 1. Shatkhandagama - Acharya Pushpadant, Acharya...
Śvētāmbara Jains, and a form of divine sound or sonic resonance by the Digambara Jains. According to the Jain tradition, the divine Śhrut Jnāna of a tirthankara...
This is a listofJain ascetics. The list include the names of ascetics who are known for their contributions to Jain philosophy and Jainism in general...
the son of Bharata Chakravarti, who was the son of the first Tirthankara Rishabha. Jains maintain that these scriptures were later modified. Jains pointed...
c. 468 BCE) Pandya dynasty (6th century BCE - 1345 CE) Some rulers were Jains though not all. Maurya dynasty (322-184 BCE) Mahameghavahana dynasty (250s...
and Jains. Jains believe nonviolence is the most essential religious duty for everyone (ahinsā paramo dharmaḥ, a statement often inscribed on Jain temples)...
Jain monk of the region was Vijayanandsuri of Gujranwala, whose samadhi (memorial shrine) still stands in the city. The presence of Pakistani Jains in...
to: Jain/Jaina, a follower ofJainism, an ancient classical religion of India ListofJains, a listof various notable Jains Federation ofJain Associations...
mission of which is to cure limb-girdle muscular dystrophies caused by dysferlin protein deficiency, a condition that Jain's son has. ListofJains Indians...
rituals ofJains flow from the principle of ahimsa. There are five specific transgressions of Ahimsa principle in Jain scriptures – binding of animals...
(2001), Jains in the World : Religious Values and Ideology in India, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-513234-3 Dundas, Paul (2002) [1992], The Jains (Second ed...
A Jain temple, Derasar (Gujarati: દેરાસર) or Basadi (Kannada: ಬಸದಿ) is the place of worship for Jains, the followers ofJainism. Jain architecture is...
particularly by diaspora Jains, to present "Jains having exhibited a spirit of understanding and tolerance toward non-Jains", or that Jains were rare or unique...
people. Ghantakarna is not known among Digambara Jains. John E. Cort states it as a reformulation of a private tradition in a devotional public tradition...
ListofJain inscriptions Goyal, S. R. (2006), Brāhmī Script: An Invention of the Early Maurya Period, Kusumanjali Book World, p. 105 EPIGRAHIA INDICA...
Jain sculptures or Jain idols are the images depicting Tirthankaras (teaching gods). These images are worshiped by the followers ofJainism. The sculpture...
Jainism is a religion founded in ancient India. Jains trace their history through twenty-four tirthankara and revere Rishabhanatha as the first tirthankara...
religious tolerance, out of respect for Jains, ordered release of caged birds and banned killing of animals on the Jain festival of Paryusan. The first mosque...