Jainism
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪnɪzm̩/
Proper noun
Jainism
- An ancient Dharmic religion, with a focus on nonviolence and personal effort to elevate the reincarnating soul towards moksha by liberating it from samsara.
- Jainism is similar to other eastern religions in believing in reincarnation.
- 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 55:
- I know enough about Jainism to know that Jains are some of the most extreme vegetarians around.
- (philosophy) A nontheistic heterodox Indian philosophy
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- (religions) religion; agnosticism, Asatru, atheism, Ayyavazhi, Baháʼí Faith, Bon, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Cheondoism, Christianity, deism, Druidry, Druze, Eckankar, Heathenry, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jediism, Judaism, Kimbanguism, Odinism, paganism, Pastafarianism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Samaritanism, Sanamahism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Tengrism, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Yahwism, Yazidism, Yoruba, Zoroastrianism (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Derived terms
- Jainatva
Translations
religion and philosophy
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