Jainism: The World of Conquerors, Volume 1

aacaarya activities ahimsaa Ahmedabad aparigraha ascetics auspicious austerities avoid bhattarakas birth bodily detachment body celebration century ceremony daily death devotees Digambara Divali donations duties eating equanimity ethical eulogy female ascetics festival followers four-fold order grams Gujarati harm Hindi Hindu human hymns India Jain ascetics Jain community Jain scriptures Jain seers Jain society Jain teachings Jain values Jainism jina jnaana karma karmic laypeople liberation living Mahavira mantra meditation mental milk modern moksa monks nature Navakara Mantra Neminatha non-violence observe omniscience one-sense one's organisation Parsvanatha paryusana passions path penitential retreat performed physical pollution practices pratikramana prayers promote pujaa recitation religion religious renunciation reverence Right Conduct Right Faith Right Knowledge Risabhdeva rituals Sacred text sangha scholars sects social soul spiritual Sthanakvasi Stotra Sutra Svetambara Tattvartha Sutra temples Terapanthis Three Jewels tion tirthankaras tradition transgressions upashrayas vegetables vegetarian veneration violence vows worldly worship yoga