Mūlaguṇa

Basic restrictions on a Jain lay person.

  • Among Digambaras, it means not eating eight types of food – meat, alcohol, honey and five kinds of figs.
  • Among Śvetāmbaras, it is a synonym for the five lay vows – aṇu-vrata – or for non-violence – ahiṃsā.
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