A holy figure in this tradition has a snake's hood shading his head in almost all images.
A holy figure in this tradition has a snake's hood shading his head in almost all images. Its sacredtexts include Agam literature. This tradition believes in an Upper, Middle, and Lower World withina roughly torso-shaped universe, and its symbols include a raised hand with a wheel on the palm. Ahistorical founder of this faith was presaged by fourteen dreams and is symbolized by a lion.Adherents believe that humans live shorter lives by orders of magnitude as the cycle of time turns,and take (*) "five vows." This religion's "ford-builders," twenty-four holy figures also called tirthankaras,inspire monks who carry brooms to sweep their paths and revere Mahavira. For 10 points, name this Indianreligion committed to ahimsa, or nonviolence.
A holy figure in this tradition has a snake's hood shading his head in almost all images.
Jainism [or Jains; or Jain dharma]