Jains in a sentence

Jains were the earliest known cultivators of Kannada literature, which they dominated until the 12th century.sfn Jains wrote about the tirthankaras and other aspects of the faith.

Overlaps in Jain-Hindu identities have included Jains worshipping Hindu deities, intermarriages between Jains and Hindus, and medieval era Jain temples featuring Hindu religious icons and sculpture.

Caste can be found in other countries such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and in the diaspora worldwide, and in faith communities including Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Muslims and Sikhs.

Celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains, Diwali is one of the most significant in Indian culture and calls for a number of traditional dishes.

The central themes for the Jains are deeksha and nirvan (renunciation and liberation), for Valmiki and Tulsidas they are dharma (duty) and Brahminism, while the Dashrath Jatakas of Buddhism are smaller in scale and more practical in outlook.

The land originally belonged to a Pasalkar family who sold it to a Margale family who eventually sold it to the Jains.

The panegyric, written in 1640, speaks of the happy relations of Jains with Mughal emperor Jahangir and his tolerance of their religion.

Actions speak louder than professed intentions, as Jains have long told us.

He said the bill is against the infiltrators and gives citizenship rights to persecuted Hindus, Jains and Buddhists.

Just wanted to mention this: Deepavali is celebrated by other Indic religions too such as the followers Vajrayana sect of Bushism(mainly in Nepal) in addition to Jains, and Sikhs though for different reasons.

The Bill seeks to amend a 1955 law to grant citizenship to Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and Christians from the Muslim-majority nations of Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan if they have lived in India for six years.

The bill would fast-track citizenship for religious minorities, including Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who are fleeing from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

About 500 monks and several thousand onlookers, many of them Jains, were present during the ceremony.

Akshaya Tritiya, 2018: The day of Akshaya Tritiya holds great significance for the Hindus and Jains.

According to Jains, the ultimate principle should always be logical and no principle can be devoid of logic or reason.

Arihanta is the word used by Jains to refer to those human beings who have conquered all inner passions (like attachment, greed, pride, anger) and possess Kevala Jnana (infinite knowledge).

Buddhists and Jains have disagreed that they are nastika and have redefined the phrases āstika and nāstika in their own view.

By mid 19th-century, colonial orientalist texts further distinguished Hindus from Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains, but the colonial laws continued to consider all of them to be within the scope of the term Hindu until about mid 20th-century.

Finished on Friday 25 November 1650 Among the Jains the term Mahatma is used for class for scholars who are householders.

For Jains, non-absolutism means maintaining open-mindedness.