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Paryushana is an annual holy event for Jains and is usually celebrated in August or September in Hindi calendar (Indian calendar) Bhadrapad Month's Shukla...

Lakshana, which is a 10-day long festival and has a different purpose than Paryuṣaṇa. This is a 9-day long festival that occurs twice a year, once in the Chaitra...

mendicant for the period. Śvētāmbara Jains do similarly in the eight day paryusana with samvatsari-pratikramana. The practice is believed to remove karma...

relieve him from grief of death of his son. The change of last day of Paryusana by Kalakacharya from the fifth to the fourth day of Bhadrapada month....

needed] Paryushana Parva is one of the most important festival for Jains. Paryusana is formed by two words meaning 'a year' and 'a coming back'. This festival...

of some Tirthankaras and these dreams. On the fifth day of festival of Paryusana, Jain monks read or narrate the portion of the Kalpasutra dealing with...

been done be fruitless." During samvatsari—the last day of Jain festival paryusana—Jains utter the phrase micchāmi dukkaḍaṃ after pratikraman. As a matter...

Amari Ghosana banning the killing of animals during the Jain festivals of Paryusana and Mahavir Janma Kalyanaka (birthdate of Mahavira). He rolled back the...