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ASPIRANT'S GUIDE
the Jain religion. Teukaya - Minute forms of life who reside in light and heat. Tirtha - A center of pilgrimage. Tyaga - Renunciation; to voluntarily give up. Tyagavira - A hero in renunciation. Unodari - To eat less than the appetite requires. Upama - 1) Comparison. 2) A South Indian food dish. Uttama - Best. Uttar - Answer. Vada - 1) A dialogue. 2) A type of food. 3) Chief. Vanaprasth - The third phase of life, from about 50 to 75 years
of age, when one gives up house-hold work and renders
socio-religious services. Vanaspatikay - Minute forms of life that live in vegetation. Vakay · Minute forms of life that live in air. Varni - A Sadhaka who has renounced his home and has taken I a life-time vow of celibacy. He wears a special dress
symbolizing his inner renunciation. Vidya - Knowledge. Vidyasagar - An ocean of knowledge, sometimes used as a
proper noun. Vikram Samvat - The Hindu calendar, about 57 years ahead
of the western calendar. Vrata - A vow, usually take for spiritual welfare. Yatra - A pilgrimage. Yog Sadhana - One branch of spiritual path in which physical
yoga and meditation are main activity.
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