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The Study of Jainism | Institute for South Asia Studies
The symposium brings together a select group of leading experts of Jainism from Europe and the US who work in different arenas of Jain Studies and represent different disciplines, including textual studies, anthropology, history, and art history. They will present papers on diffe
https://southasia.berkeley.edu/study-jainism
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The Jain Faith - Victoria and Albert Museum
The four ancient Indian religious traditions of Jainism, Ajivikism, Buddhism and Hinduism developed in South Asia over a period of more than a thousand years.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/the-jain-faith/
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Peep into Jainism
Abyssinia and Ethopia: The Greek historian Herodotus mentioned the existence of Gymnosophist in Abyssinia & Ethopia. The term gymnospophist according to the Encyclopaedia Brittannica 11th Edition, Vol.XV. Page 128, denotes the nude Jain recluses.
https://peepintojainism.com/jainism_abroad.html
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Center for South Asian Religions | Jainism
Jainism began in India around the 5th century. It promotes a life of non-violence and vegetarianism. They believe that the world was not created and will never cease to exist.
https://csar.globalmissioncenters.org/jainism
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Jainism - South Asia: Religious Studies - Yale University Library ...
The IoJ conceived the JAINpedia project in 2007 with the vision of making the Jain collections in major UK institutions more accessible
https://guides.library.yale.edu/SouthAsiaReligions/Jainism
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Jainism | religion | Britannica.com
Jainism: Jainism, Indian religion teaching a path to spiritual purity and enlightenment through disciplined nonviolence (ahimsa, literally “noninjury”) to all living creatures. Along with Hinduism and Buddhism, Jainism is one of the three most ancient Indian religious traditions still in existence and an
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Jainism
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Jainism | Religious Studies Center
In a world fraught with violence, materialism, and sensuality, it is important that someone remind us that these things are not eternal and that they separate us from that which is ultimate.
https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/light-and-truth/south-asia/jainism
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Jainism in Southeast Asia - Wikipedia
Jainism is a minority religion in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries. More broadly, the civilisation of India in general has influenced the languages, scripts, calendars, and artistic aspects of these people and nations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism_in_Southeast_Asia
