Paryushana

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Jain festival religious observance

Paryushana is one of the most important Jain religious observances, marked by intense fasting, prayer, self-discipline, and reflection on nonviolence and forgiveness.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Paryushana canonical 10
Paryushana festival 2
Kshamavani Parva 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain festival ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
aimsTo promote universal forgiveness ⓘ
reduce karmic bondage ⓘ
strengthen vows of Jain conduct ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pajjusana ⓘ
Paryushana ⓘ
surface form: Paryushan
associatedRitual Pratikraman ⓘ
Samvatsari ⓘ
surface form: Samvatsari Pratikraman

scripture discourses ⓘ
seeking forgiveness from family and friends ⓘ
temple visits ⓘ
considered one of the holiest periods in the Jain calendar ⓘ
corePractice asking forgiveness from all beings ⓘ
confession of sins ⓘ
fasting from food ⓘ
listening to Jain scriptures ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
culminatesIn Kshamavani ⓘ
Samvatsari ⓘ
dietaryPractice avoidance of root vegetables by many Jains ⓘ
strict vegetarianism ⓘ
duration 10 days for Digambara Jains ⓘ
8 days for Śvetāmbara Jains ⓘ
emphasizes repentance for past wrongs ⓘ
self-introspection ⓘ
spiritual purification ⓘ
ethicalTheme ahimsa ⓘ
aparigraha ⓘ
restraint of senses ⓘ
truthfulness ⓘ
focusesOn fasting ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
nonviolence ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
self-discipline ⓘ
importantPhrase Khamat Khamna ⓘ
Micchami Dukkadam ⓘ
importantPhraseMeaning asking forgiveness for any harm caused ⓘ
linkedConcept Jain ethics of forgiveness ⓘ
Jain karma theory ⓘ
Jain vows ⓘ
observedBy Digambara Jains ⓘ
Svetambara ⓘ
surface form: Śvetāmbara Jains
religion Jainism ⓘ
timeOfYear Bhadrapada month in the Indian calendar ⓘ
late monsoon ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Jainism → majorFestival → Paryushana ⓘ
Shravikas → participatesIn → Paryushana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paryushana observances
Shravikas → participatesIn → Paryushana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samvatsari pratikraman
Paryushana → alsoKnownAs → Paryushana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paryushan
Svetambara → festivalObserved → Paryushana ⓘ
Palitana temples → majorFestival → Paryushana ⓘ
Digambara Jains → festival → Paryushana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paryushana (Das Lakshana in Digambara tradition)
Jain temples → observesFestival → Paryushana ⓘ
Pajjusana → alternativeNameOf → Paryushana ⓘ
Samvatsari → associatedWith → Paryushana ⓘ
Samvatsari → partOf → Paryushana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paryushana festival
Kshamavani → alsoKnownAs → Paryushana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kshamavani Parva
Kshamavani → partOf → Paryushana ⓘ
Kshamavani → relatedFestival → Paryushana ⓘ
Pratikraman → associatedFestival → Paryushana ⓘ
Murtipujaka → observes → Paryushana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paryuṣaṇa
Jains → observes → Paryushana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paryushana festival
Bawangaja Jain temple → festivalObserved → Paryushana ⓘ