Sramana Flashcards
1
Q
What does Sramana mean?
A
One who seeks the truth by means of asceticism
2
Q
What do we call somebody who follows the sramana path?
A
A sramana
3
Q
Where di many of the sramanas come from?
A
new urban centres where old certainties were being questioned and increasing disease due to population-concentration meant that human suffering was very evident
