-
Renunciation of
worldly things and
foreign natures,
external and internal. "
Nirgranthas"
inscription of
Ashoka (c.236 BCE) irya
samiti A
digambara monk does...
-
Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर, Mahāvīra), also
known as
Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान, Vardhamāna), was the 24th
Tirthankara (Supreme
Preacher and Ford...
-
religious sects,
including the
Buddhist sangha, Brahmins, Ajivikas, and
Nirgranthas. The Rock
Edicts 8 and 12, and the
Pillar Edict 7,
mandate donations...
- 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...
-
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...
- the 1st
century BCE.
Ashokavadana also
claims that
Ashoka ****cuted
Nirgranthas (Ajivikas),
which some ****ert is a fabrication,
considering that Ashoka's...
- a sixth-century BCE
founder of a now-extinct order, as
listing the "
Nirgranthas" as one of the six
major classifications of humanity.[citation needed]...
-
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...
- Ashoka, the
Ajivikas and
Nirgranthas (Jains). This may be an
attempt by some faiths,
especially the
Ajivikas and
Nirgranthas, to
claim Mauryan antiquity...
- Ajivikas;
others were
ordered by me to busy
themselves also with the
Nirgranthas;
others were
ordered by me to busy
themselves also with
various (other)...
