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Which animal do blind men misjudge in a Jain parable?
Answer: Elephant
Why: Each blind man is partly right, the core of anekantavada: it takes all their views together to see the whole elephant.
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Which sweetener do Jain food rules forbid?
Answer: Honey
Why: Honey sits on the classic Jain list of four forbidden foods with wine, meat and, surprisingly, butter.
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How often is Shravanabelagola's Bahubali statue anointed head to foot?
Answer: Every 12 years
Why: The statue, about 17 metres tall, was carved from a single block of granite more than a thousand years ago.
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What does jina, the root of the word Jain, mean?
Answer: Conqueror
Why: A Jain is a follower of the Jinas, the conquerors who overcame inner enemies such as anger, pride and greed.
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What does the word tirthankara literally mean?
Answer: Ford-maker
Why: A tirtha is a ford, a shallow crossing, and a tirthankara opens such a crossing over the sea of birth and death.
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Which Hindu god is Neminatha's cousin in Jain tradition?
Answer: Krishna
Why: Jain tradition places Neminatha's liberation on Mount Girnar in Gujarat, still a major pilgrimage site.
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