Samvara (saṃvara) is one of the tattva or the fundamental reality of the world as per the Jain philosophy. It means stoppage—the stoppage of the influx of the material karmas into the soul consciousness. The karmic process in Jainism is based on seven truths or fundamental principles (tattva) of Jainism which explain the human predicament. Out...
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(from the article `nirjara`) ...sometimes led to death by ritual self-starvation (sallekhana), though rarely in modern times. The prevention of the accumulation of new karman is ...
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