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Definition or meaning of the English word Jainism
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 Br (n.).