- Brahmanism. The
śramaṇa refers to a
variety of
renunciate ascetic traditions from the
middle of the 1st
millennium BCE. The
śramaṇas were individual,...
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ascetic practices favored by many
Sramanas and the
ritualistic approach promoted by
Brahminical traditions. The
Sramanas believed in
renunciation and austerity...
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samsara (literally “wandering”). —Four
Noble Truths,
Donald Lopez The
Sramanas traditions (Buddhism and Jainism)
added novel ideas,
starting about the...
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ordained monks and nuns of
Buddhist Sanghas (community of like-minded
sramanas). The
precepts were
initially developed thirteen years after the Buddha's...
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philosophers into
Brahmanas and
Śramaṇas (XV,I,59–60),
following the
accounts of Megasthenes. He
further divides the
Sramanas into "Hylobioi" (forest hermits...
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terminology and
ethical principles, but
emphasize them differently. Both are
śramaṇa ascetic traditions that
believe it is
possible to
attain liberation from...
- was the wife of
Prince Siddhartha (until he left his home to
become a
śramaṇa), the
mother of Rāhula, and the
niece of Mahapra****ati Gautami. She later...
- faith.
Halkias (2015)
situates Zarmanochegas within a
lineage of
Buddhist sramanas who had
adopted the
custom of
setting themselves on fire.
Peregrinus Proteus...
- of the
global po****tion. It
arose in the
eastern Gangetic plain as a
śramaṇa movement in the 5th
century BCE, and
gradually spread throughout much of...
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History Indus Valley Civilisation Vedic Hinduism Dravidian folk
religion Śramaṇa Tribal religions in
India Traditional Itihasa-Purana Epic-Puranic royal...
