A study of sallekhana practice from the death memorials of Karntaka
Introduction The fundamental principle of Jainism is that entire universe is made up of 6 substances, out of which ‘jiva’ and ‘ajiva’ are important to understand. Jiva or the soul is the living entity while ajiva is non-living matter of the universe. This philosophical or spiritual soul in Jain philosophy attracts all sorts of karmic […]