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Jina|ˈdʒɪnə|
Also Gina.
[Skr.: see Jain.]
Title given to Mahavira or to any other of the twenty-four Jain tirthankars or to one of the five Dhyani Buddhas; a sculptured representation of such a saint.
1807Asiatick Researches IX. 303 The first chapter [of a vocabulary of synonymous terms, by an author of the Jaina sect] begins with the synonyma of a Jina or deified saint. 1833Ibid. XVII. 250 Notwithstanding the sameness of the general character and identity of generic attributes, the twenty-four Jinas are distinguished from each other in colour, stature, and longevity. Two of them are red, two white, two blue, two black, the rest are of a golden hue, or a yellowish brown. The other two peculiarities..observe a series of decrement from Rishabha, the first Jina, who was five hundred poles in stature, and lived 8,400,000 great years to Mahávina the 24th, who had degenerated to the size of man, and was not more than forty years on earth. 1875M. Williams Indian Wisdom vii. 129 Twenty-four Jinas or ‘perfect saints’ raised to the rank of gods have appeared in the present Avasarpini cycle. 1884Sacred Bks. East XXII. i. 201 The Venerable One had become an Arhat and Gina, he was..omniscient. 1901V. A. Smith Jain Stûpa of Mathurâ xviii. 46 The Jina shown in the plate is Pârśvanâth. 1915A. M. Stevenson Heart of Jainism iii. 39 Mahāvīra now added to his titles those of Jina (or Conqueror of the Eight Karma, the great enemies), from which Jainism derives its name, [etc.]. 1924B. Bhattacharya Indian Buddhist Iconogr. i. 2 The Jinas (victorious ones) are Vairocana, Ratnasambhava, Amitābha, Amoghasiddhi and Aksobhya, whose colours respectively are white, yellow, red, green and blue. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 8/1 (caption) Risabha and Vardhamana are the most honoured among the twenty-four Tirthankaras and the Jain scriptures narrate in detail the life of these two Jinas. |