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Renunciation of
worldly things and
foreign natures,
external and internal. "
Nirgranthas"
inscription of
Ashoka (c.236 BCE) irya
samiti A
digambara monk does...
- mind, speech, and body. A
Nirgrantha is
careful in his walk, not careless. The
Kevalin ****igns as the reason, that a
Nirgrantha,
careless in his walk, might...
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Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर, Mahāvīra), also
known as
Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान, Vardhamāna), was the 24th
Tirthankara (Supreme Preacher) of Jainism...
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homage (ayagasabha),
cistern and a
stone slab at the
sanctuary of the
Nirgrantha Arhats,
together with her mother, her daughter, her son and her whole...
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picture showing the
Buddha bowing at the feet of the
Nirgrantha leader Jnatiputra. The term
nirgrantha ("free from bonds") was
originally used for a pre-Jaina...
- The Six
Heretical Teachers, Six Heretics, Six Śramaṇa, or Six
Tirthikas (false teachers) were six
sectarian contemporaries of
Gautama Buddha (Śākyamuni)...
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there drew a
picture showing the
Gautama Buddha bowing at the feet of
Nirgrantha Jnatiputra.
Around 18,000
followers of the
Ajivika sect were said to have...
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mention Mahavira as a
founder of new tradition, but as part of an
ascetic Nirgranthas (white-clad) tradition. This has led
scholars to
conclude that Mahavira...
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Pundravardhana drew a
picture showing the
Buddha bowing at the feet of
Nirgrantha Jnatiputra (identified with Mahavira, the 24th
Arihant of Jainism). On...
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monastics and
aryika for
female monastics.
Svetambara monks are also
called nirgrantha (without bonds). Śvētāmbaras also use the word muṇi for male monastics...
