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- from fragments preserved in Buddhist and Jain sources, as well as inscriptions ... the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism. The Jain Bhagavati Sutra depicts Gosala ...6 KB (943 words) - 05:13, 30 April 2021
- Many details about Mahavira's biography are gleaned from the ... lived the life of a prince. In later Jain literature his parents are described ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 07:46, 27 March 2025
- Jainism (pronounced jayn-izm), traditionally known as Jain Dharma ... Jain dharma teaches that every living thing is an individual and eternal ...28 KB (4,275 words) - 00:03, 18 December 2024
- sites include: Adhai-din-ka-jhonpra, a Jain temple converted into a mosque; ... The Adhai-din-ka-jhonpra, a Jain temple constructed in 1153 C.E. and ...14 KB (1,997 words) - 07:13, 16 June 2023
- about specific gods. In Hindu religious literature, the designation "Purana ... There are many Jain Puranas, dealing with Jain myths, history and legends. ...11 KB (1,583 words) - 23:49, 2 December 2022
- many folktales, as well as in Buddhist literature. Ambapali became a disciple ... Vesáli served as a stronghold of the last Jain Tirthankar Mahavira ...15 KB (2,417 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- free development of a Hindu-based culture. Jain, Buddhist, Greco-Roman, Christian ... == Literature == Many great poets and men of letters from ancient times ...11 KB (1,459 words) - 06:44, 12 January 2024
- goal of life. Most Indian philosophical literature is directed towards the ... took place during this period. The literature of this period, though ...22 KB (3,137 words) - 17:18, 28 November 2024
- Tamil literature refers to literature in the Tamil language. Tamil ... A revival of Tamil literature took place from the late nineteenth ...33 KB (4,960 words) - 00:53, 21 April 2023
- For Jainism, Ayodhya is sacred place because Jain scripture relates ... demolishing Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain temples while building mosques ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 07:27, 23 August 2023
- and Bhagavad Gita are also indispensable literature in the study of yoga. ... the ascetic code of conduct. Since Jain ascetics practice complete ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 03:51, 18 August 2023
- the fine arts. That patronage encouraged literature to flourish in Kannada ... Kannada folklore tells of a young man, Sala, instructed by his Jain ...35 KB (5,034 words) - 16:59, 15 October 2025
- of Islam by some, as a defiler of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist shrines by others ... conquered and left in the hands of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist Kings as vassal ...21 KB (3,127 words) - 07:47, 27 March 2025
- ancient kingdom of Magadha. Buddhist and Jain texts frequently mention it ... Buddhist Chronicles of Sri Lanka, and other Jain and Buddhist texts, such as ...20 KB (3,019 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- the southern peninsular India. According to Jain tradition, his mother was ... possessions to join a wandering group of Jain monks. Chandragupta became ...31 KB (4,647 words) - 09:33, 29 April 2025
- the growth of Kannada as a language of literature in the Jaina Puranas, Veerashaiva ... had been a golden age in Kannada literature.The reign of Kalyani Chalukya ...41 KB (5,966 words) - 01:14, 4 December 2023
- contribution to polity, culture and literature of the modern south Karnataka ... inscriptions describe lavish endowments to Jain orders and templesAdiga 2006 ...47 KB (6,741 words) - 17:20, 4 May 2023
- During their rule, Jain mathematicians and scholars contributed important ... include medieval inscriptions, ancient literature in the Pali language, contemporaneous ...53 KB (7,698 words) - 21:22, 14 February 2025
- Mayurasharma had been born to a sister of Jain Thirtankara Ananda Jinavritindra ... #039; find mention in the Tamil Sangam literature as totemic worshipers of ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 15:53, 28 February 2025
- 1981. PramÄṇapaddhatiḥ. Madras: A.M. Jain College, Institute of Management. ... of the Dvaita school of VedÄnta and its literature. Bombay: Booksellar's ...9 KB (1,459 words) - 08:54, 23 December 2024
