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| "Original collection"; the primary scripture of the Sikhs. |
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| Matter without soul or life |
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| "Clothed in the sky"; a member of the Jain sect in which monks ideally do not wear clothing. |
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| The belief that all physical matter has life and feeling. |
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| A poem by Guru Nanak that begins the Adi Granth; the poem is recited daily by pious Sikhs. |
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| "Conquerer"; the Jain term for a perfect person who will not be reborn. |
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| Spirit, soul, which enlivens matter. |
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| Ritual in honor of tirthankara or deity. |
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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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| "Clothed in white"; a member of the Jain sect in which monks and nuns wear white clothing |
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| "Disciple"; a follower of the Sikh religion |
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| "building person"; a member of a Jain sect that rejects the use of statues and temples. |
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| "Thirteen"; a member of the newest Jain sect. |
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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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