Jainism
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Jainism (Â /?d?e?n?z?m/ Sanskrit: ??????? - Jainadharma, Tamil: ????? - Sama?am) is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards every(prenominal) living beings.
Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to send away the soul towards divine consciousness and liberation. Any soul that has conquered its protest inner enemies and achieved the state of supreme being is called a jina (conqueror or victor). The ultimate status of these perfect souls is called siddha. Jainism is too referred to as shramana dharma (self-reliant) or the path of the niganthas (those without attachments or aversions) by past texts.
Jain doctrine teaches that Jainism has always existed and will always exist,[1][2][3] although historians season the foundation of the organized or present form of Jainism to past between the 9th and the 6th century BCE.[4][5]
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