Samvatsari

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Jain festival religious observance

Samvatsari is the most important Jain festival day of forgiveness and spiritual renewal, marked by seeking and granting pardon for past wrongs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Samvatsari Pratikraman 3
Samvatsari canonical 2
Samvatsari annual Pratikraman 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain festival ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
associatedConcept kṣamā (forgiveness) ⓘ
pratikramaṇa (ritual repentance) ⓘ
associatedFestival Kshamavani ⓘ
surface form: Kṣamāvaṇī
associatedWith Digambara Jains ⓘ
Paryushana ⓘ
calendar Jain calendar ⓘ
calendarType lunar calendar ⓘ
category Jain festivals ⓘ
religious days of atonement ⓘ
culturalRegion India ⓘ
Jain diaspora communities ⓘ
ethicalPrinciple ahiṃsā ⓘ
aparigraha ⓘ
satya ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
greeting Micchāmi Dukkaḍaṃ ⓘ
greetingMeaning May all the evil that has been done be fruitless ⓘ
languageOfGreeting Prakrit ⓘ
mainTheme forgiveness ⓘ
non-violence ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
spiritual renewal ⓘ
observancePlace Jain homes ⓘ
Jain temples ⓘ
observedBy Svetambara ⓘ
surface form: Śvetāmbara Jains
partOf Paryushana ⓘ
surface form: Paryushana festival
purpose to cultivate humility ⓘ
to purify the soul from accumulated karma ⓘ
to restore harmony in relationships ⓘ
religion Jainism ⓘ
ritual confession of past wrongs ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
granting forgiveness to others ⓘ
listening to religious discourses ⓘ
prayers and meditation ⓘ
seeking forgiveness from all living beings ⓘ
scopeOfForgiveness acquaintances ⓘ
all living beings ⓘ
family members ⓘ
friends ⓘ
significance most important festival in Jainism for forgiveness and spiritual renewal ⓘ
socialFunction resolving conflicts ⓘ
strengthening community bonds ⓘ
timing last day of Paryushana for Śvetāmbara Jains ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paryushana → culminatesIn → Samvatsari ⓘ
Paryushana → associatedRitual → Samvatsari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samvatsari Pratikraman
Pajjusana → hasKeyRitual → Samvatsari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samvatsari Pratikraman
Pajjusana → culminatesIn → Samvatsari ⓘ
Pratikraman → hasForm → Samvatsari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samvatsari Pratikraman
Pratikraman → hasForm → Samvatsari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samvatsari annual Pratikraman