mfn. (√ ji) victorious, [L.]
m. ‘Victor’, a Buddha, [Buddh.]; [Kathās. lxxii, 99]
an Arhat (or chief saint of the Jainas; 24 Jinas are supposed to flourish in each of the 3 Avasarpiṇīs, being born in Āryāvarta), [Jain.]; [Pañcat. v, 1, 10/11 ff.]; [VarBṛS. lx]; [Sarvad.]
(hence) the number ‘24’, [Hcat. i, 3, 919]
metrically for jaina
Viṣṇu, [Śiś. xix, 112]
N. of [Hemac.] (?)
of a Bodhi-sattva
of a son of Yadu, [KūrmaP. i, 22, 12.]
mfn. (for jīna or jīrṇa) very old, [Uṇ. iii, 2/3.]