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Kesi (Ganadhara), the Glossary

Kesi was the leader of the order of monks of the twenty third Jain Tirthankara, Parshvanatha, who is said to have met the 'Gandhara' (Chief disciple) of the twenty fourth Jain Tirthankara, Mahavira, Gautama.^[1]

Animal sacrifice in Hinduism

The practice of Hindu animal sacrifice is in recent times mostly associated with Shaktism, and in currents of folk Hinduism strongly rooted in local popular or tribal traditions.

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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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Bhinmal

Bhinmal (previously Shrimal Nagar) is an ancient town in the Jalore District of Rajasthan, India.

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Delhi

Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi (ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra Dillī), is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India.

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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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Empire

An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries".

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Gautama Swami

Gautama Swami, born as Indrabhuti Gautama was the first Ganadhara (chief disciple) of Mahavira, the 24th and last Jain Tirthankara of present half cycle of time. Kesi (Ganadhara) and Gautama Swami are 6th-century BC Indian Jains, 6th-century BC Indian monks, 6th-century BC Jain monks, Ganadhara and Indian Jain monks.

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History of Jainism

Jainism is a religion founded in ancient India.

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Jainism

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

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Mahavira

Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान), the 24th Tirthankara (Supreme Teacher) of Jainism. Kesi (Ganadhara) and Mahavira are 6th-century BC Indian Jains, 6th-century BC Indian monks, 6th-century BC Jain monks and Indian Jain monks.

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Motilal Banarsidass

Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House (MLBD) is an Indian academic publishing house, founded in Delhi, India in 1903.

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Osian, Jodhpur

Osian (also spelt Osiyan) is an ancient town located in the Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India.

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Oswal

The Oswal (sometimes spelled Oshwal or Osval) are a Śvetāmbara Jain-majority Kshatriya community with origins in Osian, a town in the Marwar region of Rajasthan, India.

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Parshvanatha

Parshvanatha (पार्श्वनाथः), or and Pārasanātha, was the 23rd of 24 Tirthankaras (supreme preacher of dharma) of Jainism. Kesi (Ganadhara) and Parshvanatha are Indian Jain monks.

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Porwal

Poravāla, correctly called Poravāḍa, is a Bania community that originated in southern Rajasthan, India.

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Rajasthan

Rajasthan (lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northwestern India.

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Ratnaprabhasuri

Ratnaprabhasuri was a Śvetāmbara Jain ascetic and the 6th successor in the lineage of the monastic heads of the Chaturvidha Sangha's Upkeśa Gaccha. Kesi (Ganadhara) and Ratnaprabhasuri are Indian Jain monks and Śvetāmbara monks.

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Swayamprabhasuri

Swayamprabhasuri or Svayamprabhasuri was a Śvetāmbara Jain ascetic and the 5th successor in the lineage of the monastic heads of the Chaturvidha Sangha's Upkeśa Gaccha. Kesi (Ganadhara) and Swayamprabhasuri are Indian Jain monks and Śvetāmbara monks.

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