Practitioners of this religion are divided into ascetics and householders.
Practitioners of this religion are divided into ascetics and householders. An eight to ten day holiday in this religion emphasizes a different virtue each day and is called Paryushana. Practitioners of this religion observe five main vows, including brahmacharya, or chastity, and satya, or truth. This religion holds that their holy texts, the fourteen Purvas, are lost. Monks of a sect in this religion go around naked carrying only a water gourd, a broom and scripture, and are known as "sky-clad." This religion venerates twenty-four tirthankaras, the last of which was its founder, Mahavira. For 10 points, name this Indian religion that espouses ahimsa, or nonviolence.
Practitioners of this religion are divided into ascetics and householders.
Jainism [or Jain dharma]