Book Title: Terminology of Jainism
Author(s): Dinesh Vora
Publisher: Dinesh Vora

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________________ Janma siddha Janma-Jara-Marana Janpada satya Jantu Janya Jaraa Jarayuka Jati smaran gyaana Jaya Jinendra Jayamaala Jhaankhi Jhanjhaavata Jhankhanaa Jignaasa Jina Salvated due to birth Birth-Old age-Death Regional truth Living being; Repeatedly born Congnitum; Produced Old age (2) Part of trio Janma(birth) - Jara (old age) and Mrutyu(death) Umbillical birth; Placental birth Knowledge from previous life Victory to lord Jina, A social mark of greeting. Victory garland; Laudatory hymn; Hymnal garland; trumphal garland (1)Glimpse; (2) peeping, peep; (3) looking at with admiration. (4) Jinvani -preachings of Tirthankara, holy scriptures Stormy wind Constant longing; Aardent desire; Frequent remembrance; worry Curiosity; Omniscient (1) Conqueror of the Self; (2) Spiritual victor; (3) One who has conquered the feelings of attachment and aversion and all the four types of passions. He is free from 18 types of defects; (4) 'Conqueror.' He who has conquered love and hate, pleasure and pain, attachment and aversion, and has thereby freed 'his' soul from the karmas obscuring knowledge, perception, truth, and ability, is a Jina. The Jains refer to the Jina as God (5) Omniscient TERMINOLOGY OF JAINISM BY DINESH VORA Page 108 of 271

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