Santhara is a religious ritual of__________ community

A Sikhs
B Jews
C Jain
D Buddhists

Correct Answer: Jain

Sallekhana also known as Samlehna, Santhara, Samadhi-marana or Sanyasana-marana; is a supplementary vow to the ethical code of conduct of Jainism. It is the religious practice of voluntarily fasting to death by gradually reducing the intake of food and liquids. It is viewed in Jainism as the thinning of human passions and the body, and another means of destroying rebirth-influencing karma by withdrawing all physical and mental activities. Santhara is a religious ritual of Swetambara Jain.
Bissoy MCQ
#History #Jainism And Buddhism

Related Questions

Regulating Act was in the year of__________
A 1573
B 1673
C 1773
D 1873
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the leader of__________
A Bhoodan Movement
B Rowlatt Satyagraha
C Bardoli Satyagraha
D Swadeshi Movement
Narayana Guru was the son of__________
A Madan Asan
B Krishnan Vaidyan
C Kummampilli Raman Pillai Asan
D Kumaran
Nanu moved to his hermitage deep inside the hilly forests of__________, where he led an austere life immersed in meditative thought and yoga and subjected himself to extreme sustenance rituals
A Silanka
B Maruthwamala
C Karunagapally
D Kayamkulam
A sonnet is a poem of__________.
A Eighteen lines
B Sixteen lines
C Eight lines
D Fourteen lines
New concerns about growing religious tension in Orissa were....... this week after at least twenty people were killed and hundreds were injured arrested in rioting between two religious groups
A lessened
B invalidated
C restrained
D dispersed
“The state does not owe loyalty to any particular religion as such; it is not irreligious or anti-religious; it gives equal freedom to all religious.” The definition as given by P. B. Gajendra-Gadkara - former Chief Justice of India is of :
A Sovereignty
B Socialism
C Democracy
D Secularism
Complete the analogy to establish a logical meaning- Religion: Ritual: : society: ?
A Obligation
B Law
C Custom
D Tradition
Who founded the faith on a ritual-free, simple "Sat Shri Akal" or the worship of God and truth?
A Dadu Dayal
B Guru Nanak
C Sri Chaitanya
D Guru Govind Singh
Japanese folk tradition and ritual, with no founder or single sacred scripture, is popularly known as
A Taoism
B Zoroastrianism
C Shintoism
D Paganism

Next steps