| tirthankara | "Crossing maker"; in Jainism, one of the twenty-four ideal human beings of the past, Mahavira being the most recent.  Listen (36.0K)
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| jina | "Conqueror"; the Jain term for a perfected person who will not be reborn. Listen (22.0K)
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| hylozoism | The belief that all physical matter has life and feeling. Listen (46.0K)
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| jiva | Spirit, soul, which enlivens matter. Listen (41.0K)
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| ajiva | Matter without soul or life. Listen (43.0K)
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| sallenkhana | "Holy Death"; death by self-starvation, valued in Jainism as a noble end of a long life of virtue and detachment. Listen (61.0K)
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| Digambara | "Clothed in sky"; a member of the Jain sect in which monks ideally do not wear clothing. Listen (42.0K)
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| Shvetambara | "Clothed in white"; a member of the Jain sect in which monks and nuns where white clothing. Listen (48.0K)
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| Sthanakavasi | "Building person"; a member of the Jain sect, that rejects the use of statues and temples. Listen (32.0K)
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| puja | In Jainism, ritual in honor of the tirthankara. Listen (40.0K)
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| Sikh | "Disciple"; a follower of the Sikh religion. Listen (45.0K)
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| Adi Granth | "Original collection"; the primary scripture of the Sikhs. Listen (46.0K)
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| gurdwara | A Sikh temple. Listen (50.0K)
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| Japji | A poem by Guru Nanak that begins the Adi Granth; the poem is recited daily by pious Sikhs. Listen (24.0K)
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| Terapanthi | A member of the newest Jain sect. Listen (24.0K)
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