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Meaning Of Jainism
n.
The heterodox Hindoo religion, of which the most striking
features are the exaltation of saints or holy mortals, called jins,
above the ordinary Hindoo gods, and the denial of the divine origin and
infallibility of the Vedas. It is intermediate between Brahmanism and
Buddhism, having some things in common with each.