In Jainism, Sangha (Community of the pious) is a term used to refer to the fourfold community of Muni (male ascetics), Aryika / Sadhvi (female ascetics)...

Sangha (IPA: [sɐnɡʱɐ]) is a Pali word used in many Indian languages, including Sanskrit which means "association", "assembly", "company" or "community";...

(Buddhism), the monastic community in Buddhism Sangha (Jainism), the fourfold community of pious followers of Jainism Tamil Sangams, a legendary literary assembly...

Digambara (/dɪˈɡʌmbərə/; "sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being Śvetāmbara (white-clad). The Sanskrit word Digambara means...

clergy Sangha (Jainism), the fourfold community of pious followers of Jainism Sangat (Sikhism), the community of believers in Sikhism Sangha may also...

Jainism (/ˈdʒeɪnɪzəm/ JAY-niz-əm), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession...

Jainism in Bundelkhand Jainism in Madhya Pradesh Jainism in Gujarat (Gujarati Jain) Jainism in Maharashtra (Marathi Jain) Jainism in Mumbai Jainism in...

(50) God in Jainism Jainism and non-creationism Śramaṇa Sangave 2001, p. 15. Sangave 2001, p. 16. Sangave 2001, p. 164. Rankin 2013, p. 40. Jain, S.A. (1960)...

is a list of Jain ascetics. The list include the names of ascetics who are known for their contributions to Jain philosophy and Jainism in general. Indrabhuti...

Mahavira's teachings, are followed by all Jain ascetics of both the sects. Historians believe that a united Jain sangha (community) existed before 367 BCE,...

Jain symbols are symbols based on the Jain philosophy. The four arms of the swastika symbolize the four states of existence as per Jainism: Heavenly beings...

sangha, a fourfold order of muni (male monastics), aryika (female monastics), śrāvakas (male followers) and śrāvikās (female followers). In Jainism,...

(sky-clad) is one of the two main sects of Jainism. This sect of Jainism rejects the authority of the Jain Agama compiled at the Vallabhi Council under...

term is used in Buddhism and Jainism. In Jainism, a śrāvaka is any lay Jain so the term śrāvaka has been used for the Jain community itself (for example...

a Pratyekabuddha in both Jainism and Buddhism, is a rare personality that is shared between Jainism and Buddhism. The Jain text Isibhasiyam mentions...

(Devanagari: वर्धमान, Vardhamāna), was the 24th Tirthankara (Supreme Preacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha. Mahavira...

Shvetambara, Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being the Digambara. Śvetāmbara in Sanskrit means "white-clad"...

Jainism is a religion founded in ancient India. Jains trace their history through twenty-four tirthankara and revere Rishabhanatha as the first tirthankara...

sections of the sangha. A tirtha provides the inspiration to enable one to cross over from worldly engagement to the side of moksha. Jain tirthas are located...

Dravida Sangha was established in 470 CE by a Jain monk named Vajranandi in the city of Madurai in present-day Tamil Nadu. Madurai at that time was under...

Jain rituals play an everyday part in Jainism. Rituals take place daily or more often. Rituals include obligations followed by Jains and various forms...

regarded as associated with Jain monks and lay devotees. The exact origins of Jainism in Tamil Nadu is unclear. However, Jainism flourished in Tamil Nadu...

(Drstivada). Bhadrabahu who knew the fourteen Purvas was then in Nepal. The sangha sent emissaries to him and informed to come and teach Dittivada. He refused...

India and led the migration of Jain sangha to the south. He was accompanied by his disciple Chandragupta Maurya and the Sangha halted at Chandragiri Hill...

Gana-Sangha or Gana-Rajya was a type of tribe and clan structure of aristocratic republics in ancient India. The word gaṇa (/ˈɡʌnə/; Sanskrit: गण) in Sanskrit...

jnana), infinite power and infinite perception are regarded as God in Jainism. Jainism rejects the idea of a creator deity responsible for the manifestation...

respectively, revived the Jain religion and re-organized the shraman sangha. Jains highlight the practice of austerity. Jain philosophy states that the...

Klaus Bruhn, Jainism: a pictorial guide to the religion of non-violence, p. 264 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jain temples. List of Jain temples in...

Parshwanath and is an important place of pilgrimage for the followers of Jainism. In ancient scriptures,[which?] this Tirtha (pilgrimage site) is referred...

Men's View on Jainism". Jainism Literature Center. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021. Champat Rai Jain 1930, p. 78...