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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 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 skihs. |
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| "Conquerer"; the Jain Term for a Perfected person who will not be reborn. |
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| Spirit, soul, which enlivens matter. |
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| Ritual in honor of a 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 skih 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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