Multiple Choice
The Jain initiation ritual, diksha, marks the point at which
A) Mahivira left his fellow mendicants to attain kevala.
B) all Jain boys symbolically enter into manhood.
C) the monk or nun ventures out alone for a period of thirteen years.
D) the individual becomes completely committed to the ascetic life.
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