Jainism
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdʒeɪnɪzm̩/
Proper noun
Jainism
- An ancient Dharmic religion, with a focus on nonviolence and personal effort to elevate the reincarnating soul towards moksha by liberating it from samsara.
- Jainism is similar to other eastern religions in believing in reincarnation.
- (philosophy) A nontheistic heterodox Indian philosophy
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- (religions) religion; Ahmadiyya, Asatru, Bahá'í Faith, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Christianity, deism, Druidry, Eckankar, Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, Heathenry, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jediism, Judaism, Kimbanguism, Odinism, paganism, Pastafarianism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Yazidism, Yoruba, Zoroastrianism (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Derived terms
- Jainatva
Translations
religion and philosophy
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