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Fasting in Jainism, the Glossary

Index Fasting in Jainism

Fasting is very common among Jains and as a part of festivals.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 16 relations: Ahmedabad, Śvetāmbara, Digambara, Fasting, Fasting in Jainism, Five Vows, Jain festivals, Jain vegetarianism, Jainism, Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum, List of diets, Monsoon, Paryushana, Puruṣārthasiddhyupāya, Rowman & Littlefield, Self-control.

  2. Fasting
  3. Jain practices

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad (is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per the 2011 population census) makes it the fifth-most populous city in India, and the encompassing urban agglomeration population estimated at 6,357,693 is the seventh-most populous in India.

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Śvetāmbara

The Śvetāmbara (also spelled Shwetambara, Shvetambara, Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being the Digambara.

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Digambara

Digambara ("sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being Śvetāmbara (white-clad).

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Fasting

Fasting is abstention from eating and sometimes drinking.

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Fasting in Jainism

Fasting is very common among Jains and as a part of festivals. Fasting in Jainism and Fasting in Jainism are Fasting and Jain practices.

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Five Vows

The Five Vows of Jainism include the mahāvratas (major vows) and aṇuvratas (minor vows).

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Jain festivals

Jain festivals occur on designated days of the year.

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Jain vegetarianism

Jain vegetarianism is practised by the followers of Jain culture and philosophy. Fasting in Jainism and Jain vegetarianism are Jain practices.

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Jainism

Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.

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Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum

Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum, abbreviated L. D. Museum, is a museum of Indian sculptures, bronzes, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, miniature paintings, woodwork, bead work and ancient and contemporary coins in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

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List of diets

An individual's diet is the sum of food and drink that one habitually consumes.

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Monsoon

A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.

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Paryushana

Paryushana is an annual holy event for Jains and is usually celebrated in August or September in Hindi calendar (Indian calendar) Bhadrapad Month's Shukla Paksha.

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Puruṣārthasiddhyupāya

Puruṣārthasiddhyupāya is a major Jain text authored by Amritchandra.

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Rowman & Littlefield

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949.

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Self-control

Self-control is an aspect of inhibitory control, one of the core executive functions.

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See also

Fasting

Jain practices

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting_in_Jainism

Also known as Aathai, Fasting in Jains (Jain Fasting).