What is the jain term for their strict diet?
Jains don’t usually have one single “brand name” for their strict diet like some modern diets do, but a few traditional terms are used:
- Ahimsak Āhār (अहिंसक आहार)
- Meaning: “Non‑violent food.” - This is the main idea: food chosen to cause minimum himsā (violence) to living beings.
- Jain Āhār (जैन आहार)
- Meaning: “Jain food / Jain diet.” - Common way to refer to the strict Jain style of eating (pure vegetarian, no roots, many extra rules).
- Āhār Niyam / Āhār Sevan Niyam (आहार नियम)
- Meaning: “Rules of food intake.” - Used when talking about the detailed discipline of what to eat and what to avoid.
All of these are based on the core Jain principle of ahiṁsā (non‑violence) applied to eating.