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TIRTHANKARASA

  • The word Tirthankar is related to

–Jain

  • Who was the first tirthankar of Jainism?

–Rishabh Dev

  • Parshwanath, the 23rd Tirthankara, was from

–Banaras

  • In the series of the Jain Tirthankars the last one was

–Mahavir

  • Name the holy city recognized as the birthplace of the first and fourth Jain Tirthankaras.

–Ayodhya

MAHAVIR

  • Mahavir Swami was born in

–Kundgram

  • Who was the mother of Mahavir?

–Trishala

  • What was the name of the local Gotra in which Bhagwan Mahavir was born?

–Gyatrik

  • The first disciple of Bhagawan Mahavir

–Jamali

  • Mahavir Swami died at

–Pawapuri

JAIN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

  • According to the Jain Philosophy, the term ‘Jina’ means ………...

–The conqueror

  • By whom is the ‘Paryushan Parva’ observed?

–By the Jains

  • In the Jain religion, the word for complete knowledge is

– Kaivalya

  • The Principle of Three Jewels (Triratna Siddhant) viz right knowledge, right faith, and right conduct , glorifies the religion that is called

– The Jain Religion

  • Anuvrat siddhant was propounded by

– The Jain Religion

  • Syadwad Siddhant is related to the

– Jain Religion

  • Whose core principle and philosophy isknown as Anekantwad.

–The Jain Religion

  • The fundamental point of the Jain religion is

–Non-Violence

  • Which main feature made the Jain religion popular?

–In providing the relief from the evils of the classification of society

  • Svetambara and Digambara are two sects of the ........... community.

–Jain

  • Religions of the world can be classified into three main catagories like foremost religion, lesser religion and primitive religion, Jain religion can be classified as

–Lesser religion

  • At the time of first division in the Jain religion, the founder of the Shwetambara branch was

–Sthulabhadra

  • The Jain council in which the induction of Shwetambara finally took place

–In Vallabhi

  • With whom is Mahamastakabhisheka, a great religious event related to

–Bahubali

  • In the first century BC, the Jain religion was supported by Kharvel, the king of

–Kalinga

  • For which Mauryan emperor is it said that he embraced the Jain Religion?

–Chandragupta Maurya

  • For which was the word ‘Basadi’ used

–For the Jain Monesteries (In Karnataka)

JAIN TEXT

  • To which religion is ‘Jeevak- Chintamani’, a celebrated Tamil text, related?

–The Jain Religion

  • Which is not the part of early Jain literature

– Therigatha, it is the Buddhistic literature

  • The early Jain text is

–Chaudah Poorva

  • The language in which the early Jain literature was written

–Ardha - Magadhi

  • The ........... is a Jain text containing the biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras, most notably Parshvanath and Mahavira.

–Kalpa Sutra

  • By which name the Jain texts are known ?

–Aagam

JAIN SITES

  • Pilgrim Prabhasgiri belongs to

–Jain

  • The followers of which religion constructed Dilwara Temples at the Mount Abu in Rajasthan

–Jain

  • Sonagiri, where 108 Jain temples are constructed, is situated

–Near Datiya

  • The statue of Gomateshwara, erected at Shravanabelagola is considered to belong to ............, the son of Rishabhdev

- Bahubali

  • Due to the relation with Parshwanath, it is considered as

–Sammed Shikhar

  • Idol of Gomateshwara, situated at Shravanabelagola, was constructed by

–Chamund Rai

Ancient Indian History

08. THE JAIN RELIGION

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