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Jainism and skhism
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
07/18/2013

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Adi Granth
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"original collection" the primary scripture of the Sikhs.
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Ajiva
Definition
Matter without soul or life.
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Digambara
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"clothed in sky" a member of the jain sect in which monks ideally do not wear clothing.
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Gurdwara
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A sikh temple.
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Hylozoism
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the belief that all physical matter has life and feeling.
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Japji
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A poem by guru Nanak that begins the adi Granth; the poem is recited daily by pious skihs.
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Jina
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"Conquerer"; the Jain Term for a Perfected person who will not be reborn.
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Jiva
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Spirit, soul, which enlivens matter.
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puja
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Ritual in honor of a tirthankara or deity.
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Sallekhana
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"holy death"; Death by self-starvation, valued in jainism as a noble end to a long life of virtue and detachment.
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Shvetambara
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"clothed in white" a member of the Jain sect in which monks and nuns wear white clothing.
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sikh
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"disciple"; a follower of the skih religion.
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Sthanakavasi
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"building person"; a member of a jain sect that rejects the use of statues and temples.
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Terapanthi
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"Thirteen"; a member of the newest Jain sect.
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Tirthankara
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"crossing maker"; in Jainism, one of the twenty four ideal human beings of the past, Mahavira being the most recent.
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