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  1. Also as I understand, the Samaṇa (Sanskrit: Śramaṇa) movement -- including Buddhism, Jainism, et al -- was the organised response/resistance of south Asia's tribal and IVC/Dravidian peoples to the spread of Vedism, and it prompted the Upaniṣadic movement within Vedic Hinduism.

    #samana #shramana #buddhism #jainism #ajivika #tribal #indigenous #aasi #asi #indusvalley #ivc #harappa #dravidian #vedic #vedas #upanishads #hinduism

  2. Also as I understand, the Samaṇa (Sanskrit: Śramaṇa) movement -- including Buddhism, Jainism, et al -- was the organised response/resistance of south Asia's tribal and IVC/Dravidian peoples to the spread of Vedism, and it prompted the Upaniṣadic movement within Vedic Hinduism.

    #samana #shramana #buddhism #jainism #ajivika #tribal #indigenous #aasi #asi #indusvalley #ivc #harappa #dravidian #vedic #vedas #upanishads #hinduism

  3. Also as I understand, the Samaṇa (Sanskrit: Śramaṇa) movement -- including Buddhism, Jainism, et al -- was the organised response/resistance of south Asia's tribal and IVC/Dravidian peoples to the spread of Vedism, and it prompted the Upaniṣadic movement within Vedic Hinduism.

    #samana #shramana #buddhism #jainism #ajivika #tribal #indigenous #aasi #asi #indusvalley #ivc #harappa #dravidian #vedic #vedas #upanishads #hinduism

  4. Also as I understand, the Samaṇa (Sanskrit: Śramaṇa) movement -- including Buddhism, Jainism, et al -- was the organised response/resistance of south Asia's tribal and IVC/Dravidian peoples to the spread of Vedism, and it prompted the Upaniṣadic movement within Vedic Hinduism.

    #samana #shramana #buddhism #jainism #ajivika #tribal #indigenous #aasi #asi #indusvalley #ivc #harappa #dravidian #vedic #vedas #upanishads #hinduism

  5. Also as I understand, the Samaṇa (Sanskrit: Śramaṇa) movement -- including Buddhism, Jainism, et al -- was the organised response/resistance of south Asia's tribal and IVC/Dravidian peoples to the spread of Vedism, and it prompted the Upaniṣadic movement within Vedic Hinduism.

    #samana #shramana #buddhism #jainism #ajivika #tribal #indigenous #aasi #asi #indusvalley #ivc #harappa #dravidian #vedic #vedas #upanishads #hinduism

  6. Looking for a religion without gods? Look no further: #Jainism has got you covered! Still deep in afterlife lore, spirits, and all the spiritual trimmings -- but fiercely committed to non-violence. An interesting case study for both atheists and believers.

    More at suchanek.name/texts/atheis...

  7. Looking for a religion without gods? Look no further: #Jainism has got you covered! Still deep in afterlife lore, spirits, and all the spiritual trimmings -- but fiercely committed to non-violence. An interesting case study for both atheists and believers.

    More at suchanek.name/texts/atheism/Ch

  8. Looking for a religion without gods? Look no further: #Jainism has got you covered! Still deep in afterlife lore, spirits, and all the spiritual trimmings -- but fiercely committed to non-violence. An interesting case study for both atheists and believers.

    More at suchanek.name/texts/atheism/Ch

  9. Looking for a religion without gods? Look no further: #Jainism has got you covered! Still deep in afterlife lore, spirits, and all the spiritual trimmings -- but fiercely committed to non-violence. An interesting case study for both atheists and believers.

    More at suchanek.name/texts/atheism/Ch

  10. …The many long suttas, lists, and miracles, in the Pāli Canon, were probably composed, based on the early poetry and oral tradition, by a group of prose authors, sooner or later after Buddha's final passing, who were institutionalising Buddhism to compete with Hinduism, Jainism, Ājīvika, etc.

    #buddhism #sutta #sutra #miracles #hinduism #jainism #ajivika #poetry #prose #institution

  11. …The many long suttas, lists, and miracles, in the Pāli Canon, were probably composed, based on the early poetry and oral tradition, by a group of prose authors, sooner or later after Buddha's final passing, who were institutionalising Buddhism to compete with Hinduism, Jainism, Ājīvika, etc.

    #buddhism #sutta #sutra #miracles #hinduism #jainism #ajivika #poetry #prose #institution

  12. Museums + Heritage Advisor: Wellcome Collection ‘sets bar high’ on restitution, returning 2,000 Jain manuscripts. “Wellcome Collection is to return more than 2,000 manuscripts from the ancient Indian Jain religion to its community, after more than a century. The manuscripts will initially be moved to the Dharmanath Network in Jain Studies at the University of Birmingham, which will open the […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/20/museums-heritage-advisor-wellcome-collection-sets-bar-high-on-restitution-returning-2000-jain-manuscripts/
  13. Museums + Heritage Advisor: Wellcome Collection ‘sets bar high’ on restitution, returning 2,000 Jain manuscripts. “Wellcome Collection is to return more than 2,000 manuscripts from the ancient Indian Jain religion to its community, after more than a century. The manuscripts will initially be moved to the Dharmanath Network in Jain Studies at the University of Birmingham, which will open the […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/20/museums-heritage-advisor-wellcome-collection-sets-bar-high-on-restitution-returning-2000-jain-manuscripts/
  14. Museums + Heritage Advisor: Wellcome Collection ‘sets bar high’ on restitution, returning 2,000 Jain manuscripts. “Wellcome Collection is to return more than 2,000 manuscripts from the ancient Indian Jain religion to its community, after more than a century. The manuscripts will initially be moved to the Dharmanath Network in Jain Studies at the University of Birmingham, which will open the […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/20/museums-heritage-advisor-wellcome-collection-sets-bar-high-on-restitution-returning-2000-jain-manuscripts/
  15. Museums + Heritage Advisor: Wellcome Collection ‘sets bar high’ on restitution, returning 2,000 Jain manuscripts. “Wellcome Collection is to return more than 2,000 manuscripts from the ancient Indian Jain religion to its community, after more than a century. The manuscripts will initially be moved to the Dharmanath Network in Jain Studies at the University of Birmingham, which will open the […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/20/museums-heritage-advisor-wellcome-collection-sets-bar-high-on-restitution-returning-2000-jain-manuscripts/
  16. Museums + Heritage Advisor: Wellcome Collection ‘sets bar high’ on restitution, returning 2,000 Jain manuscripts. “Wellcome Collection is to return more than 2,000 manuscripts from the ancient Indian Jain religion to its community, after more than a century. The manuscripts will initially be moved to the Dharmanath Network in Jain Studies at the University of Birmingham, which will open the […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/20/museums-heritage-advisor-wellcome-collection-sets-bar-high-on-restitution-returning-2000-jain-manuscripts/
  17. Los templos de las cuevas de Badami son un complejo budista, hindú y jainista fueron construidos durante la dinastía Chalukya (543-753 d.C.), que gobernó en la meseta del Decán. Entre ellos se encuentra el templo hindú más antiguo de la región, dedicado a Visnú. 📷Vladimir Kochadykov (Владимир Кочадыков) #india #budismo #buddhism #hinduismo #hinduism #jainismo #jainism

  18. Los templos de las cuevas de Badami son un complejo budista, hindú y jainista fueron construidos durante la dinastía Chalukya (543-753 d.C.), que gobernó en la meseta del Decán. Entre ellos se encuentra el templo hindú más antiguo de la región, dedicado a Visnú. 📷Vladimir Kochadykov (Владимир Кочадыков) #india #budismo #buddhism #hinduismo #hinduism #jainismo #jainism

  19. Los templos de las cuevas de Badami son un complejo budista, hindú y jainista fueron construidos durante la dinastía Chalukya (543-753 d.C.), que gobernó en la meseta del Decán. Entre ellos se encuentra el templo hindú más antiguo de la región, dedicado a Visnú. 📷Vladimir Kochadykov (Владимир Кочадыков) #india #budismo #buddhism #hinduismo #hinduism #jainismo #jainism

  20. Los templos de las cuevas de Badami son un complejo budista, hindú y jainista fueron construidos durante la dinastía Chalukya (543-753 d.C.), que gobernó en la meseta del Decán. Entre ellos se encuentra el templo hindú más antiguo de la región, dedicado a Visnú. 📷Vladimir Kochadykov (Владимир Кочадыков) #india #budismo #buddhism #hinduismo #hinduism #jainismo #jainism

  21. Los templos de las cuevas de Badami son un complejo budista, hindú y jainista fueron construidos durante la dinastía Chalukya (543-753 d.C.), que gobernó en la meseta del Decán. Entre ellos se encuentra el templo hindú más antiguo de la región, dedicado a Visnú. 📷Vladimir Kochadykov (Владимир Кочадыков) #india #budismo #buddhism #hinduismo #hinduism #jainismo #jainism

  22. ... #Sanskrit svastika ("well-being"), it has been used for millennia in #Hinduism, #Buddhism, and #Jainism and is found in ancient #European, #African, and #Native #American artifacts.

  23. Parts of Ranakpur Jain Temple interior were lit by the direct afternoon sunbeams, when I was there. And I was hunting for the spots where fragments of carvings were in the light contrasting with much darker surrounding.

    More: buff.ly/AMItTQ7

    And yes, it is one of my favourite places among many jewels of #Rajasthan in #India.

    #architecture #indianart #photography #chasinglight #chasingthelight #photographyistheart #travelphotography #religion #jainism

  24. Parts of Ranakpur Jain Temple interior were lit by the direct afternoon sunbeams, when I was there. And I was hunting for the spots where fragments of carvings were in the light contrasting with much darker surrounding.

    More: buff.ly/AMItTQ7

    And yes, it is one of my favourite places among many jewels of #Rajasthan in #India.

    #architecture #indianart #photography #chasinglight #chasingthelight #photographyistheart #travelphotography #religion #jainism

  25. Parts of Ranakpur Jain Temple interior were lit by the direct afternoon sunbeams, when I was there. And I was hunting for the spots where fragments of carvings were in the light contrasting with much darker surrounding.

    More: buff.ly/AMItTQ7

    And yes, it is one of my favourite places among many jewels of #Rajasthan in #India.

    #architecture #indianart #photography #chasinglight #chasingthelight #photographyistheart #travelphotography #religion #jainism

  26. Parts of Ranakpur Jain Temple interior were lit by the direct afternoon sunbeams, when I was there. And I was hunting for the spots where fragments of carvings were in the light contrasting with much darker surrounding.

    More: buff.ly/AMItTQ7

    And yes, it is one of my favourite places among many jewels of #Rajasthan in #India.

    #architecture #indianart #photography #chasinglight #chasingthelight #photographyistheart #travelphotography #religion #jainism

  27. Parts of Ranakpur Jain Temple interior were lit by the direct afternoon sunbeams, when I was there. And I was hunting for the spots where fragments of carvings were in the light contrasting with much darker surrounding.

    More: buff.ly/AMItTQ7

    And yes, it is one of my favourite places among many jewels of #Rajasthan in #India.

    #architecture #indianart #photography #chasinglight #chasingthelight #photographyistheart #travelphotography #religion #jainism

  28. The History of Sushruta and the Famous 'Indian Nose Job'

    The famous Cowasji’s unknown “plastic surgeon” was not an elite Ayurvedist, but was nevertheless a skilled practitioner, and belonged to the larger traditions and knowledge-systems of medicine in the subcontinent.

    by Dr. Kiran Kumbhar
    The Wire
    January 16, 2026

    https://thewire.in/history/the-history-of-sushruta-and-the-famous-indian-nose-job


    #India #Asia #caste #CasteSystem #bahujan #IndianNoseJob #NoseJob #surgery #PlasticSurgery #Ayurveda #Sushruta #SushrutaSamhita #Charaka #CharakaSamhita #Adivasi #Buddhism #Jainism #VedicSociety
  29. Did Jain's conduct any genocide? Apart from Jainism, all religions have conducted genocides.

  30. Did Jain's conduct any genocide? Apart from Jainism, all religions have conducted genocides.

    #Religion #Jainism #Genocide

  31. Happy Diwali to our readers and all who celebrate 🪔 Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Newar Buddhists all over the world are celebrating the 'festival of lights' 🕯️
    🔴⚪️🔵🟡🟠🟢🟣

    #Diwali #FestivalofLights #Hindus #Sikhs #Jains
    #Deepavali #NewarBuddhists #Hinduism
    #Sikhism #Jainism #Birmingham #BirminghamUK

  32. Insistent Life by Brianne Donaldson, 2021

    Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition

    Jainism, perhaps more so than any other South Asian tradition, focuses strongly on the ethics of birth, life, and death, with regard to both humans and other living beings. Insistent Life is the first full-length interdisciplinary examination of the foundational principles of bioethics within Jain doctrine

    #OpenAccess

    directory.doabooks.org/handle/

    #books
    #bioethics
    #Jainism

  33. Insistent Life by Brianne Donaldson, 2021

    Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition

    Jainism, perhaps more so than any other South Asian tradition, focuses strongly on the ethics of birth, life, and death, with regard to both humans and other living beings. Insistent Life is the first full-length interdisciplinary examination of the foundational principles of bioethics within Jain doctrine

    #OpenAccess

    directory.doabooks.org/handle/

    #books
    #bioethics
    #Jainism

  34. Insistent Life by Brianne Donaldson, 2021

    Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition

    Jainism, perhaps more so than any other South Asian tradition, focuses strongly on the ethics of birth, life, and death, with regard to both humans and other living beings. Insistent Life is the first full-length interdisciplinary examination of the foundational principles of bioethics within Jain doctrine

    #OpenAccess

    directory.doabooks.org/handle/

    #books
    #bioethics
    #Jainism

  35. Insistent Life by Brianne Donaldson, 2021

    Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition

    Jainism, perhaps more so than any other South Asian tradition, focuses strongly on the ethics of birth, life, and death, with regard to both humans and other living beings. Insistent Life is the first full-length interdisciplinary examination of the foundational principles of bioethics within Jain doctrine

    #OpenAccess

    directory.doabooks.org/handle/

    #books
    #bioethics
    #Jainism

  36. Insistent Life by Brianne Donaldson, 2021

    Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition

    Jainism, perhaps more so than any other South Asian tradition, focuses strongly on the ethics of birth, life, and death, with regard to both humans and other living beings. Insistent Life is the first full-length interdisciplinary examination of the foundational principles of bioethics within Jain doctrine

    #OpenAccess

    directory.doabooks.org/handle/

    #books
    #bioethics
    #Jainism

  37. El templo jainista Trilok Teerth Dham en Bada Gaon, en el estado indio de Uttar Pradesh, muestra, como su nombre indica (trilok), las tres divisiones del cosmos. Empieza por los niveles del infierno, nuestro mundo en la intersección y por encima los mundos superiores. 📷Pratyk321 #arquitectura #architecture #jainismo #jainism

  38. El templo jainista Trilok Teerth Dham en Bada Gaon, en el estado indio de Uttar Pradesh, muestra, como su nombre indica (trilok), las tres divisiones del cosmos. Empieza por los niveles del infierno, nuestro mundo en la intersección y por encima los mundos superiores. 📷Pratyk321 #arquitectura #architecture #jainismo #jainism

  39. El templo jainista Trilok Teerth Dham en Bada Gaon, en el estado indio de Uttar Pradesh, muestra, como su nombre indica (trilok), las tres divisiones del cosmos. Empieza por los niveles del infierno, nuestro mundo en la intersección y por encima los mundos superiores. 📷Pratyk321 #arquitectura #architecture #jainismo #jainism

  40. El templo jainista Trilok Teerth Dham en Bada Gaon, en el estado indio de Uttar Pradesh, muestra, como su nombre indica (trilok), las tres divisiones del cosmos. Empieza por los niveles del infierno, nuestro mundo en la intersección y por encima los mundos superiores. 📷Pratyk321 #arquitectura #architecture #jainismo #jainism

  41. El templo jainista Trilok Teerth Dham en Bada Gaon, en el estado indio de Uttar Pradesh, muestra, como su nombre indica (trilok), las tres divisiones del cosmos. Empieza por los niveles del infierno, nuestro mundo en la intersección y por encima los mundos superiores. 📷Pratyk321 #arquitectura #architecture #jainismo #jainism

  42. This article is on one of the rarest effort to document a mystic Makkhali Ghoshal, son in law of lord Mahavir. #Osho #jainism #Buddhism

    theinvisiblenarad.com/ajivika-

  43. 🟡 Saraswati Hindu Goddess Music Knowledge Art 1700s India⁣

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  44. 🟡 Saraswati Hindu Goddess Music Knowledge Art 1700s India⁣

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  45. 🟡 Saraswati Hindu Goddess Music Knowledge Art 1700s India⁣

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  46. 🟡 Saraswati Hindu Goddess Music Knowledge Art 1700s India⁣

    #18thCentury, #Art, #Goddess, #Gods, #Hindu, #India, #Jainism, #Knowledge, #Learning, #Music, #Saraswati, #Speech, #Tridevi

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