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.
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
.
Jinacandra
(Jain teacher)
:
see
D
D
GUR
S
.
Jinadatta Suri
(Jain teacher)
:
see
D
D
GUR
S
.

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