In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Jalapūjā (जलपूजा) refers to the “Pūjā of water” and represents one of the eight-fold Pūjā, according to chapter 3.3 [sumatinātha-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—(Cf. Ratnaśekhara’s Śrāddhavidhi 1.6)

Accordingly after speaking of Queen Sudarśanā’s pregnancy:—“the King (Vijayasena ) gave at once fearlessness to the fearful and proclaimed non-killing by beating of the drum. He made a splendid eight-day festival in each shrine together with eight-fold pūjās (i.e., Jalapūjā) and divine concerts”.

Source: Jainism Literature Center: Jain Fundamentals

Jala-puja refers to one of the eight aspects of Jain Puja, which one should reflect on while performing the puja rituals.—Jala Puja: (Water)—Water symbolizes the ocean.  Every living being continuously travels through Life Ocean of birth, life, death, and misery.  This puja reminds that one should live the life with honesty, truthfulness, love and compassion towards all living beings.  This way one will be able to cross the Life Ocean and attain Moksha or liberation.  The path of liberation is Samyak Darshan, Samyak Jnan and Samyak Charitra in Jain religion.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Partial matches: Jala, Puja.

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