The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (221 page)

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(Skt.,
a
u
, ‘lesser’, + vrata, ‘vows’). Indian moral revival movement based on the
anuvrata
vows of Jains. Founded in 1948 by Acharya Tul(a)si, head of the Jain
vet
mbara Ter
pantha sect, the movement aims to purge corruption and uplift the moral tone of the life. To further these goals, an international branch of the movement was established in Jaipur in 1984. See further
BHIK
U,
C
RYA
.
Anuvyañjana
.
In Buddhism, one of the secondary or minor physical attributes of a ‘Great Man’ (
mah
purusa
), and especially of the
Buddha
. There are said to be eighty such features. Several versions of the full list occur in textual sources although the specific attributes and the order of the items vary: see
LAK
A
A
.

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