जिन mfn. (
-नः-ना-नं) Victorious, triumphant.
m. (
-नः)
1. A Jina, the generic name of the personage peculiar to the Jaina sect, who is ranked by them as superior to the gods of the other sects: a saint and teacher: twenty-four Jinas are supposed to flourish in an Avasarpini or Jaina age, and their writers enumer- ate those of the ages past, present, and to come.
2. A Buddha; a generic term applied to the chief saints of the Buddha sect, in the same manner as to those of the Jainas.
3. A name of VISHNU. 4. A very old man.
5. A sage, one who is omniscient.
E. जि to conquer or excel,
नक् Unadi aff.