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Mallinathaswamy Jain Temple, Mannargudi, the Glossary

Mallinathaswamy Jain Temple (மன்னார்குடி மல்லிநாதசுவாமி ஜினாலயம்):ta:மன்னார்குடி மல்லிநாதசுவாமி ஜினாலயம் is a Jain temple dedicated to the deity Jain, located in Mannargudi, an ancient town in the erstwhile Chola Empire in Tiruvarur District of Tamil Nadu, India.^[1]

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Adisvaraswamy Jain Temple, Thanjavur

Adisvaraswamy Jain Temple is a Jain temple dedicated to the deity Jain, located at Karanthattankudi in Thanjavur in Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India. Mallinathaswamy Jain Temple, Mannargudi and Adisvaraswamy Jain Temple, Thanjavur are Jain temples in Tamil Nadu.

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Chola Empire

The Chola Empire, which is often referred to as the Imperial Cholas, was a medieval Indian, thalassocratic empire that was established by the Chola dynasty that rose to prominence during the middle of the ninth century and united southern India under their rule.

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Deepanayakaswamy Jain Temple

Deepanayakaswamy Jain Temple is a Jain temple dedicated to the deity Jain, located near Arasavanangadu in Kumbakonam-Tiruvarur road in Tiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu, India. Mallinathaswamy Jain Temple, Mannargudi and Deepanayakaswamy Jain Temple are Jain temples in Tamil Nadu.

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Garbhagriha

A garbhagriha is the innermost sanctuary of Hindu and Jain temples, what may be called the "holy of holies" or "sanctum sanctorum".

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Gopuram

A gopuram or gopura (Tamil: கோபுரம், Telugu: గోపురం, Kannada: ಗೋಪುರ) is a monumental entrance tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple, in the South Indian architecture of the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana, and Sri Lanka.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Jain temple

A Jain temple, Derasar (Gujarati: દેરાસર) or Basadi (Kannada: ಬಸದಿ) is the place of worship for Jains, the followers of Jainism.

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Jainism

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

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Jainism in Tamil Nadu

Jainism has an extensive history in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, although practiced by a minority of Tamils in contemporary times.

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Jwalamalini

Jwalamalini (ज्वालामालिनी,ಜ್ವಾಲಾಮಾಲಿನೀ) is the yakshini (guardian goddess) of the eighth tirthankara Chandraprabhu in Jainism and was one of the most widely invoked yakshinis in Karnataka during the early medieval period.

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Kumbakonam Jain Temple

Bhagawan Chandraprabha Jain Temple is a Jain temple dedicated to the deity Jain, located in the town of Kumbakonam in Thanjavur District Tamil Nadu, India. Mallinathaswamy Jain Temple, Mannargudi and Kumbakonam Jain Temple are Jain temples in Tamil Nadu.

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Mahavir Janma Kalyanak

Mahavir Janma Kalyanak is one of the most important religious festivals in Jainism.

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Mallinatha

Mallinatha (Prakrit Mallinātha, "Lord of jasmine or seat") (Devanagari: मल्लिनाथ) (Sanskrit: मल्लिनाथः) was the 19th tīrthaṅkara "ford-maker" of the present ''avasarpiṇī'' age in Jainism.

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Mandapa

A mandapa or mantapa is a pillared hall or pavilion for public rituals in Indian architecture, especially featured in Hindu temple architecture and Jain temple architecture.

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Mannargudi

Mannargudi is a Municipality in Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Padmavati (Jainism)

Padmāvatī is the protective goddess or śāsana devī (शासनदेवी) of Pārśvanātha, the twenty-third Jain tīrthāṅkara, complimenting Parshwa yaksha in Swetambara and Dharanendra in digambar the shasan deva.

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Prakaram

A prakaram (प्राकारः in Sanskrit), also spelled pragaram or pragaaram) in Indian architecture is an outer part around the Hindu temple sanctum. They may be enclosed or open and are typically enclosed for the innermost prakaram. As per Hindu religious practices, devotees start to come around the outer prakarams to the inner most before entering the sanctum.

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Tamil Jain

Tamil Jains (Tamil Samaṇar, from Prakrit samaṇa "wandering renunciate") are ethnic-Tamils from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, who practice Jainism, (Tamil). The Tamil Jain is a microcommunity of around 85,000 (around 0.13% of the population of Tamil Nadu).They are predominantly scattered in northern Tamil Nadu, largely in the districts of Tiruvannamalai, Kanchipuram, Vellore, Villupuram, Ranipet and Kallakurichi.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallinathaswamy_Jain_Temple,_Mannargudi

Also known as Mannargudi Jain temple, Mannargudi Mallinatha Swamy Jain Temple, Mannargudi Mallinatha Swamy Temple, Mennarkudi.