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| the principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus. |
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| In Jainism, ajiva is anything that has no soul or life, the polar opposite of jiva. Because ajiva has no life, it does not accumulate |
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| a member of a major Jain sect formed in the 3d century b.c.and distinguished by its original abandonment of all worldly possessions including clothes and by its denial that women can attain salvation |
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| one who according to Jainism has conquered temporal and material existence through self-discipline and attained a transcendent and external state of bliss |
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| the worship of a particular god. |
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| a major Jain sect whose members clothe themselves and their sacred images in white and in contrast to the Digambaras assert that women can attain salvation |
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| an adherent of a monotheistic religion of India founded about 1500 by Guru Nānak and marked by rejection of idolatry and caste |
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| one of the 24 founding jinas of Jain tradition venerated as breakers of the path across the stream of time to Nirvana who have shown the way to spiritual liberation in Jainism : a pioneer of faith |
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