The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2726 page)
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Ya
ovijaya
ovijaya(1624–88)
. Jain logician who set himself the task of reconciling conflicting sects. He studied at
K
i
(Benares), concentrating especially on logic. He endeavoured to show the interior correspondences and meanings of external religious acts, e.g. in
Jñ
nas
ra
. His attempt to heal divisions among the Jains had as much success as such endeavours generally have, i.e. very little.
. Jain logician who set himself the task of reconciling conflicting sects. He studied at
K
i(Benares), concentrating especially on logic. He endeavoured to show the interior correspondences and meanings of external religious acts, e.g. in
Jñ
nasra. His attempt to heal divisions among the Jains had as much success as such endeavours generally have, i.e. very little.
Yasukuni shrine
(Shinto shrine in Tokyo):
(Shinto shrine in Tokyo):
Yathrib
.
.
naYati
(Skt.). One who practises a discipline in Indian religions, an ascetic.
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