Jainism

(jīniz′əm)

noun

a religion of India, founded in the 6th cent. : it emphasizes asceticism, nonviolence, and reverence for all living things

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noun
An ascetic religion of India, founded in the sixth century B.C., that teaches the immortality and transmigration of the soul and denies the existence of a perfect or supreme being.

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