Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A believer in or adherent of Jainism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of a non-Brahminical sect in India, the doctrinal system of which corresponds in many essential points with Buddhism.
- Of or pertaining to the Jains or to their creed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun One of a numerous sect in British India, holding the tenets of Jainism.
- adjective of or pertaining to Jainism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of or pertaining to
Jainism - noun a
follower of Jainism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or characteristic of Jainism
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now Jain is thinking of upping the ante by using the same tactic for another agricultural produce: Mango.
Lucky Harvest R.N. Bhaskar 2010
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Now Jain is thinking of upping the ante by using the same tactic for another agricultural produce: Mango.
Lucky Harvest R.N. Bhaskar 2010
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Now Jain is thinking of upping the ante by using the same tactic for another agricultural produce: Mango.
Lucky Harvest R.N. Bhaskar 2010
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Jain is already India's largest producer of mango pulp (some say that he is already the world's largest).
Lucky Harvest R.N. Bhaskar 2010
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Jain is already India's largest producer of mango pulp (some say that he is already the world's largest).
Lucky Harvest R.N. Bhaskar 2010
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Jain is already India's largest producer of mango pulp (some say that he is already the world's largest).
Lucky Harvest R.N. Bhaskar 2010
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A couple of days later he called Jain and said, "I have a name for our company -- Praja."
Inclusive Visionary 2010
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From Street Tech: "This guy, Ravi Jain, is shooting a weekly video blog from the driver's seat of his car during his daily commutes between Jamaica Plains and Allston, MA (or five hours of" studio time, "as he puts it).
- Boing Boing 2005
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Recalls Jain, "Each time we went to a restaurant together and the waiter brought wine to the table, C.K. would reject 3-4 of them till he found the perfect one."
Inclusive Visionary 2010
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Indeed, what to the Jain is the great truth is only a grotesque exaggeration of what other sects recognized in a reasonable form.
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894
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