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  2. Jain symbols - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of the mantra at the bottom, Parasparopagraho Jivanam, is "All life is bound together by mutual support and interdependence." In short, the Jain emblem represents many important concepts to show the path to enlightenment by following the basic principles of ahimsa, the Ratnatraya and Parasparopagraho Jivanam. Usage

  3. Pratītyasamutpāda - Wikipedia

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    Pratītyasamutpāda has been translated into English as dependent origination, dependent arising, interdependent co-arising, conditioned arising, and conditioned genesis. [31] [16] [note 3] Jeffrey Hopkins notes that terms synonymous to pratītyasamutpāda are apekṣasamutpāda and prāpyasamutpāda .

  4. Event of the mubahala - Wikipedia

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    The event of the mubahala ( Arabic: مُبَاهَلَة, romanized : mubāhala, lit. 'mutual cursing') was an aborted attempt to resolve a theological dispute between Muslims and Christians in c. 632 CE by invoking the curse of God upon the liars. These debates took place in Medina, located in the Arabian Peninsula, between a Christian ...

  5. Gandharva marriage - Wikipedia

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    A Gandharva marriage ( Sanskrit: गान्धर्व विवाह, gāndharva vivāha, IPA: [gənd̪ʱərvə vɪvaːhə]) is one of the eight classical types of Hindu marriage. This ancient marriage tradition from the Indian subcontinent was based on consensual acceptance between two people, with no rituals, witnesses or family ...

  6. Kama Sutra - Wikipedia

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    The first four are expressive of mutual love, but are nonsexual. The last four are forms of embrace recommended by Vatsyayana to increase pleasure during foreplay and during sexual intimacy. Vatsyayana cites earlier – now lost – Indian texts from the Babhraya's school, for these eight categories of embraces.

  7. Kama - Wikipedia

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    Kama (Sanskrit: काम, IAST: kāma) is the concept of pleasure, enjoyment and desire in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. It can refer to "desire, wish, longing" in Hindu , Buddhist , Jain , and Sikh literature, [2] [3] [4] however, the term also refers to any sensory enjoyment, emotional attraction and aesthetic pleasure such as from arts ...

  8. Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    The assembly's final session convened on 24 January 1950. Each member signed two copies of the constitution, one in Hindi and the other in English. The original constitution is hand-written, with each page decorated by artists from Shantiniketan including Beohar Rammanohar Sinha and Nandalal Bose.

  9. Mudita - Wikipedia

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    hỷ. Glossary of Buddhism. Muditā ( Pāli and Sanskrit: मुदिता) is a dharmic concept of joy, particularly an especially sympathetic or vicarious joy—the pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being. [1] The traditional paradigmatic example of this mind-state is the attitude of a parent observing a growing ...