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others live in
monasteries as
monks or nuns. Some
ascetics live like
priests and preachers,
other ascetics are
armed and militant, to
resist any ****cution—a...
- This is a list of the
ascetics belonging to the
Digambara sect of Jainism.
These ascetics are
known for
their contributions to Jain
philosophy and Jainism...
-
University of New York Press, 2003. ISBN 0-7914-5922-5.
Wandering with Sadhus:
Ascetics in the
Hindu Himalayas,
Sondra L. Hausner, Bloomington,
Indiana University...
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involved a sect of
Hindu ascetics, the
Dasanami Naga
Sadhus who
likewise visited Bengal on pilgrimage. To the British,
these ascetics were
plunderers and must...
-
Vairagi is a
Hindu Sect who
follow Vaishnavism.
Celibate Ascetics of
Vaishnav Sampradaya are
called Vairagi or Bairagi. The
Vairagi term was
first adopted...
- to
Christian love.
Ascetics, as a
branch of theology, may be
briefly defined as the
scientific exposition of
Christian asceticism. It has been defined...
- grandfather,
Kalonymus ben
Isaac the Elder, seem to have been a
family of
ascetics.
Among the Ashke****
Hasidic movement which they led, it was
frequent to...
- However, soon
after Mahavira's
nirvana ascetics organized themselves into groups. A few
examples of
ascetics living in
complete solitude are
found in...
-
English language monk
tends to be used
loosely also for both male and
female ascetics from
other religious or
philosophical backgrounds.[citation needed] However...
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sadhu (male
ascetics, muni),
sadhvi (female
ascetics, aryika), śrāvaka (laymen), and śrāvikā (laywomen). The
latter two
support the
ascetics and
their monastic...
