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Adi Granth
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"Original collection"; the primary scripture of the Sikhs.
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Ajiva
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Matter without soul or life.
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Digambara
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"Clothed in sky"; a member of the Jain sect in which monks ideally do not wear clothing.
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Gurdwara
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A Sikh temple.
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Hylozoism
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The belief that all physical matter has life and feeling.
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Japji
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A poem by Guru Nanak that begins the Adi Granth; the poem is recited daily by pious Sikhs.
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Jina
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"Conquerer"; the Jain term for a perfected person who will not be reborn.
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Jiva
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Spirit soul, which enlivens matter.
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Puja
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Ritual in honor of a tirthankara or deity.
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Sallekhana
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"Holy death"; death by self-starvation, valued in Janinism as a nobe end to a long life of virtue and detachment.
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Shvetambara
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"Clothed in white"; a member of the Jain sect in which monks and nuns where white clothing.
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Sikh
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"Disciple"; a follower of the Sikh religion.
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Sthanakavasi
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"Building person"; a member of a Jain sect that rejects the use of statues and temples.
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Terapanthi
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A member of the newest Jain sect.
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Tirthankara
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"Crossing maker"; in Jainism, ine of the twenty-four ideal human beings of the past, Mahavira being most recent.
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