The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2726 page)

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Ya
ovijaya
(1624–88)
. Jain logician who set himself the task of reconciling conflicting sects. He studied at
K
i
(Benares), concentrating especially on logic. He endeavoured to show the interior correspondences and meanings of external religious acts, e.g. in

nas
ra
. His attempt to heal divisions among the Jains had as much success as such endeavours generally have, i.e. very little.
Yasukuni shrine
(Shinto shrine in Tokyo):
Yathrib
.
Original name of
al-Mad
na
.
Yati
(Skt.). One who practises a discipline in Indian religions, an ascetic.

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