Practitioners of this religion undertake pilgrimages to sites called “fords” where 24 holy figures called tīrthankaras (“teer-TUNG-kuh-ruhs”) “crossed over” into moksha. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this śramaṇa (“SHRUM-uh-nuh”) religion whose adherents follow perspectivism and asceticism alongside nonviolence, or ahiṃsā.
ANSWER: Jainism [or Jain Dharma]
[10m] These two groups of Jains are named for their dispute over whether monks can wear clothes, but also disagree over the gender of the 19th tīrthankara Mallinātha (“muh-lee-NAH-tuh”), and whether women can attain nirvāṇa. Name either.
ANSWER: Śvetāmbara (“shway-TAHM-buh-ruh”) OR Digambara (“dee-GUM-buh-ruh”) [prompt on white-clad or sky-clad by asking “what is the original Sanskrit term?”]
[10h] Only Śvetāmbara Jains undertake the varshitapa fast on alternating days in honor of this first tīrthankara’s accepting sugarcane juice from his great-grandson King Śreyāṃsa (“shray-YAHM-suh”).
ANSWER: Rishabha (“RISH-uh-buh”) [or Rishabhanātha; or Rishabhadeva; or Ādinātha; or Ikshvāku]
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