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How does Jainism uniquely view karma?Read the answer and worked solution →What does Digambara mean in English?Read the answer and worked solution →Whose monastics may wear simple, seamless white robes?Read the answer and worked solution →The Hathigumpha Inscription records the Jain patronage of which king?Read the answer and worked solution →Excavations at which Mathura site revealed an early Jain centre?Read the answer and worked solution →Whom do Ashoka's pillar edicts call the Niganthas?Read the answer and worked solution →Which king, per Jain tradition, became a monk under Bhadrabahu?Read the answer and worked solution →Kings Bimbisara, Ajatashatru and Udayin patronised Jainism. Which dynasty were they?Read the answer and worked solution →What does Jainism hold about the creation of the universe?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Jain vow is a voluntary, gradual reduction of food at life's end?Read the answer and worked solution →Under aparigraha, what should a layperson do with excess property?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahavira was a contemporary of which religious teacher?Read the answer and worked solution →Which festival is a major festival in Jainism?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Vedic texts are the most recent addition to the Vedas?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrase best explains the word Upanishad?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many Upanishads are known?Read the answer and worked solution →Which women took part in the dialogues of the early Upanishads?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two Upanishads are the earliest?Read the answer and worked solution →What do the younger Upanishads say about Atman and Brahman?Read the answer and worked solution →Which German philosopher was deeply impressed by the Upanishads?Read the answer and worked solution →How did Adi Shankaracharya explain the word Upanishad?Read the answer and worked solution →Who wrote the Brahmasutra, dated about 100 BCE?Read the answer and worked solution →Gavin Flood dates the older Upanishads over roughly which span?Read the answer and worked solution →How is the authorship of most Upanishads described?Read the answer and worked solution →In what role did the Buddha leave his father's palace?Read the answer and worked solution →Compared with Jains, which ascetic lifestyle did Buddhism choose?Read the answer and worked solution →Which name in Buddhist texts refers to Mahavira?Read the answer and worked solution →

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How does Jainism uniquely view karma?

  1. A record kept by ancestors
  2. Only a mental attitude
  3. A physical, material substance
  4. A judgement given by God
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Correct answer: C. A physical, material substance

1. Jainism conceives of karma as a physical, material substance. 2. Subtle particles of matter are drawn to the soul by actions, thoughts and words. 3. This karmic dirt obscures the soul, so it is neither divine judgement nor merely an attitude. _Source: Wikipedia, Jainism, Soul and karma_

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What does Digambara mean in English?

  1. Ford-maker
  2. Bondless
  3. Sky-clad
  4. White-clad
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Correct answer: C. Sky-clad

1. Digambara means sky-clad. 2. Its male monks renounce all possessions, including clothes. 3. White-clad is Svetambara, bondless is nirgrantha and ford-maker is tirthankara. _Source: Wikipedia, Jainism, Sects and traditions_

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Whose monastics may wear simple, seamless white robes?

  1. Svetambaras
  2. Digambaras
  3. Buddhists
  4. Ajivikas
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Correct answer: A. Svetambaras

1. The Svetambara (white-clad) tradition allows both male and female monastics simple seamless white robes. 2. Digambara male monks give up clothes altogether. 3. Ajivikas and Buddhists are not the Jain tradition described here. _Source: Wikipedia, Jainism, Sects and traditions_

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