The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2339 page)
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(Skt.; P
li,
sot
panna
). ‘One who has entered the stream’, the beginning of the Buddhist way. A ‘stream-enterer’ is free from the three fetters (
sa
yojana
), but not yet from the passions (
kle
a
). He will have to be born in a new appearance at least seven more times, but these will always be in the higher domains (
gati
), and not in
hell
, or as an animal, etc.
li,sot
panna). ‘One who has entered the stream’, the beginning of the Buddhist way. A ‘stream-enterer’ is free from the three fetters (
sa
yojana), but not yet from the passions (
kle
a). He will have to be born in a new appearance at least seven more times, but these will always be in the higher domains (
gati
), and not in
hell
, or as an animal, etc.
S
i
i(Skt., ‘sending forth’). Hindu understanding of creation as an emanation or re-emergence of the cosmos after its period of rest.
rutapañcami(Jain festival):
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