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WEEK 5 VOCABULARY!

WEEK 5 VOCABULARY!. Jainism. Sallekhana. “Holy death”; death by self-starvation, valued in Jainism as a noble end to a long life of virtue and detachment. . Tirthankaras. “Crossing maker”; in Jainism, one of the twenty-four ideal human beings of the past, Mahavira being the most recent.

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WEEK 5 VOCABULARY!

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  1. WEEK 5 VOCABULARY! Jainism

  2. Sallekhana “Holy death”; death by self-starvation, valued in Jainism as a noble end to a long life of virtue and detachment.

  3. Tirthankaras “Crossing maker”; in Jainism, one of the twenty-four ideal human beings of the past, Mahavira being the most recent.

  4. Mahavira “Great Hero”- the founder of Jainism who taught absolute nonviolence, vegetarianism, and the virtues of self-denial and poverty as well as the five vows of personal renunciation.

  5. Five Vows of Renunciation • Renunciation of killing • Renunciation of lying • Renunciation of stealing • Renunciation of materialism • Renunciation of sex

  6. Purvas The Fourteen Purvas, translated as ancient or prior knowledge, are a large body of Jain scriptures that was preached by all Tirthankaras(omniscient teachers) of Jainism encompassing the entire gamut of knowledge available in this universe.

  7. Agamas Agamas are canonical texts of Jainism based on Mahavira’s teachings. Mahavira’s preaching were orally compiled by his disciples into various Sutras (texts) which were collectively called Jain canonical or Agamic literature. Traditionally these sutras were orally passed on from teachers (acaryas or gurus) to the disciples for several centuries.

  8. Upangas “lesser limbs” the collection of laws, rituals (particularly associated with assistance in dying) and other miscellaneous texts.

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