Jaina philosophy

Jain philosophy or Jaina philosophy refers to the ancient Indianphilosophical system of the Jain religion. It comprises all the philosophical investigations and systems of inquiry that developed among the early branches of Jainism in ancient India following the nirvana of the 24th Tirthankar, Mahāvīra (c. 6th century BCE). One of the main features of Jain philosophy is its dualistic metaphysics, which holds that there are two distinct categories of existence: the living, conscious, or sentient entities (jīva) and the non-living or material entities (ajīva).