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... Jainism Jainism is both a philosophy and a religion of India . Along with Hinduism and Buddhism , Jainism is one of the three major religions that developed within the Indian civilization . The name Jainism derives from the term Jina ...
... Jainism Jainism is both a philosophy and a religion of India . Along with Hinduism and Buddhism , Jainism is one of the three major religions that developed within the Indian civilization . The name Jainism derives from the term Jina ...
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... Jainism , seems to have been borrowed from the Ajīvika doctrine of six classes ( jātis ) of bodies , expounded by Gośāla Mankhaliputta , in the age of Mahāvīra . The six lesyās in Jainism are , in the ascending order of man's spiritual ...
... Jainism , seems to have been borrowed from the Ajīvika doctrine of six classes ( jātis ) of bodies , expounded by Gośāla Mankhaliputta , in the age of Mahāvīra . The six lesyās in Jainism are , in the ascending order of man's spiritual ...
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... Jainism and Buddhism . Both Jainism and Buddhism revolted against Brahmanical division of class by birth and the sacrificial killing of animals . Both assimilated common Indian conceptions of deities , such as Indra , Brahmā , and the ...
... Jainism and Buddhism . Both Jainism and Buddhism revolted against Brahmanical division of class by birth and the sacrificial killing of animals . Both assimilated common Indian conceptions of deities , such as Indra , Brahmā , and the ...
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