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JAINA STORIES
Saivism--A branch of Hinduism which worships Siva:
as the principal deity. Pausadha- A religions practice in which the lay follower
spends a night like a monk. He keeps away from,
his wife and normal family life. Samayıka-Concentration on religious themes for a
duration of 48 minites. Sasan Devi-Protecting deity of the tirthankaras. Sramana--As distinguished from the Brabmana, the
Sramana cult in India sheltered innunerable creeds, including Jainism and Buddhism, often called heretical which did not believe in the
authority of the Vedas. Sravaka, stavika—Lay followers, male and female, in.
the Jaina order Sulsa--A great sravika at the time of Lord Mabayıra. Tirthankara-Founder of the Jaina order from time to -
time, Utsarpini-Up-phase of the Jaina time-cycle. Vidyadhara-A species of human beings who are in
possession of some special arts like flying Vishnu-The Protector-good of the Hindu pantheon Yaksa-A species of celestial beings residing in the
upper-most strata of the Ratnaprabha bell, just
"bordering the eartb. Yogi, Yogin-Yoga is the Hindu system of philosophic
meditation and asceticism designed to bring about the reunion of the devotee's soul with the Superior
Reality. A devotee, male or female, of yogo. ( In original Jaina terminology, yoga implied activities of the body, mind and speech which create fetters, and was therefore to be discarded In later period, however, many Jaina monks have practised
goga in the Hindu sense, 64 Yoginis--Attendants of the Mother-Goddess in the.
Hindu pantheon.
