At what age do Jains marry?

Jain women marry the latest (at a median age of 20.8 years), followed by Christian women (20.6 years) and Sikh women (19.9 years). Hindu and Muslim women have the lowest median age at first marriage (16.7 years).

Can Jains marry?

In the Jain community, Jain marriage is announced through a tilak. The bride’s family visits the groom’s family and gifts and sweets are exchanged along with a tilak ceremony of the groom.

What are Jain weddings like?

In a Jain wedding, the mangal pheras are the most important ritual. The bride and the groom take pheras around the sacred fire. The father of the bride performs the kanyadaan ritual and places his daughter’s hand in the groom’s hands along with a rupee and 25 paise with rice.

What do Jains believe about marriage?

Marriage is largely a worldly event. It is recommeded to all Jain Shravakas (unless they have taken a vrata of Brahmacharrya) because the children born of marrriage will follow the dharma. The ritual of marrriage is largely governed by the traditional practices that may vary for different Jain communities.

What language do Jain speak?

From the 12th century, various regional languages emerged in North India: variants of Gujarati and Hindi, the two languages predominantly used by the Jains, were also resorted to by new commentators. Today modern forms of these languages are used by Jain religious teachers both in their writings and preaching.

How do Jains greet each other?

Jai-Jinendra means “Praise to the Jinas*.” Just like we say, “Hi!!” or , “Hello!!” or, “Namaste”, when we meet others, we should also greet them by saying, “Jai-Jinendra”.

What are Jain texts called?

the Agamas
The texts containing the teachings of Mahavira are called the Agamas, and are the canonical literature – the scriptures – of Svetambara Jainism.

Why is Jainism not popular?

It had many strict laws that were very hard to follow. They did not have orders or many places to live unlike BUDDHISM which had many places to live. They could not step into a water body unless it was for the cause of death. The Jainism monks did not promote their religion to a good extent whereas Buddhism did.

What do Jain people say?

In addition to nonviolence, Jainism has four additional vows that guide believers: always speak the truth, do not steal, show sexual restraint (with celibacy as an ideal), and do not become attached to worldly things.

Which language do Jains speak?

What is the mother tongue of Jains?

Jain Prakrit is a term loosely used for the language of the Jain Agamas (canonical texts). The books of Jainism were written in the popular vernacular dialects (as opposed to Sanskrit which was the classical standard of Brahmanism), and therefore encompass a number of related dialects.