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- Instance of
- religion
- Subclass of
- Indian religions
- Inception
- 5th century BCE
- Follows
- Hinduism, Historical Vedic religion
- Founded by
- Mahavira, Parshvanatha, Ṛṣabhanātha
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Jain, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The American Cyclopædia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- facet of
- Jain
- flag
- Jain flag
- has characteristic
- Ahimsa, Anekantavada, Aparigraha, asceticism, mind–body dualism, vegetarianism, meditation, polytheism, monasticism
- history of topic
- history of Jainism
- influenced by
- samana, Brahmanism
- named after
- Arihant
- OpenStreetMap tag
- religion=jain
- significant event
- council of Valabhi
- time of earliest written record
- 3rd century BCE
- topic's main category
- Category:Jainism
- topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:Jainism
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