The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1161 page)
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Jimmu
.
.
The first emperor of Japan, a direct descendant from
Amaterasu
, and the ancestor of subsequent emperors down to the present.
Amaterasu
, and the ancestor of subsequent emperors down to the present.
Jina
(Skt., ‘spiritual victor’). In the Indian religious tradition, a title given to great teachers and ascetics, and in Jainism a synonym for the twenty-four
t
rtha
karas
.
t
rthakaras.
Jinacandra
(Jain teacher)
:
(Jain teacher)
:
D
SJinadatta Suri
(Jain teacher)
:
(Jain teacher)
:
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