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Jinendra, Jina-indra: 11 definitions

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Jinendra means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Jinendra in Mahayana glossary
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Jinendra (जिनेन्द्�) refers to a “supreme conqueror�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] After that, by those magically conjured-up beings, during seven days, the women were brought to maturity, in the way that they attained the stage of not falling back from the supreme and perfect awakening. Then the five hundred widows, having come to the Bodhisatva Gaganagañja, uttered these verses: ‘[...] (122) The Sage, the highest leader, predicted for them: In the future, when you completed your practice, you will become supreme conquerors (jinendra), the well-gone ones called Suvinīta� [...]�.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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India history and geography

: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)

Jinendra (जिनेन्द्�) was once with reference to Buddha and Buddhism, according to “A Cultural note on the Kuvalayamala of Uddyotanasuri� by the late Dr. V. s. Agrawala.—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. [...] During the 7th century, in the writings of Bāṇa, the terms Jina, Jinendra, Jinanātha and Jaina were used with reference to Buddha and Buddhism, and the same is the case in the Amarakośa and the Lalitavistara, etc. It is an open question as to when for the first time the word Jaina was used in its present meaning.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Jinendra in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jinendra (जिनेन्द्�).�

1) a chief Bauddha saint.

2) an Arhat of the Jainas.

Derivable forms: ᾱԱԻ� (जिनेन्द्रः).

Jinendra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jina and indra (इन्द्र). See also (synonyms): ᾱԱś.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Jinendra (जिनेन्द्�).—name of a former Buddha: Ѳ屹ٳ iii.233.5; name of 300 successive former Buddhas, 237.12 f.; the last of them predicted the Buddha Sarvārthadarśin(a), 238.5.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jinendra (जिनेन्द्�).—m.

(-Ի�) A Jaina or Jina saint. E. jina a Jaina teacher, and indra a lord or master.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jinendra (जिनेन्द्�).—[masculine] = jina.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Jinendra (जिनेन्द्�):—[from jina] m. a Buddha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a Jain saint, [Pārśvanātha-caritra]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a grammarian (also called dra-buddhi), author of a treatise called Nyāsa

4) [v.s. ...] cf. [Śiśupāla-vadha ii, 112; Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 146/147]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jinendra (जिनेन्द्�):—[jine+ndra] (Ի�) 1. m. A Jaina sage.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Jinendra (जिनेन्द्�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ṇiṃd.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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