Definition of Jainist

1. Noun. A believer in Jainism.

Group relationships: Jainism
Generic synonyms: Adherent, Disciple
Derivative terms: Jainism, Jainism

2. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of Jainism. "Jain gods"
Exact synonyms: Jain
Partainyms: Jainism, Jainism

Definition of Jainist

1. Noun. a follower of Jainism, a religion based primarily in India ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jainist

Jagger
Jaggs
Jaghatai
Jags
Jah
Jahan
Jahannam
Jahbulon
Jahn-Teller effect
Jahnke's syndrome
Jahvey
Jahweh
Jaime
Jain
Jainism
Jainist
Jainists
Jains
Jaipur
Jaipurhat District
Jair
Jaish-e-Muhammad
Jaish-i-Mohammed
Jak
Jakarta
Jakartan
Jakartans
Jake
Jakes
Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease

Literary usage of Jainist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"... and seeks to prove that Buddhism itself was originally a jainist sect and that Asoka, the Constantine of India, was a jainist before he was a Buddhist. ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"Twenty-two interesting plates, mostly copies of drawings or paintings made by Asiatics, give the Brahman, Buddhist, and jainist ideas of heavens, earths, ..."

3. Mind (1898)
"ME Carter, in "New Light on India," contributes Part I. of a valuable paper on the teachings of Mr. VE Gandhi, the distinguished jainist philosopher, ..."

4. The Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times in India, Southwestern Asia, and by James Francis Katherinus Hewitt (1894)
"... and it was this creed which, after passing through the ages of early jainist superstition and belief in self-torture, emerged as the great moral law, ..."

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