Table of Jain Gods

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Last Updated: Wednesday,December 1, 1999

Jainism traces its roots to a succession of 24 Jinas ("those who overcome", or conqueror) in ancient East India.
The first Jina is traditionally believed to have been a giant who lived 8.4 million years ago. The most recent and last Jina was Vardhamana (a.k.a. Mahavira, "The Great Hero") He was born in 550 BCE) and was the founder of the Jain community. He attained enlightenment after 13 years of deprivation. In 420 BCE, he committed the act of salekhana which is fasting to death.
Each Jina has "conquered love and hate, pleasure and pain, attachment and aversion, and has thereby freed `his' soul from the karmas obscuring knowledge, perception, truth, and ability..."
Jainism is a syncretistic religion, which contains many elements similar to Hinduism and Buddhism. The world's almost 4 million Jains are almost entirely located in India. There are about 1,410 in Canada (1991 census).

Abhiyoga	Acchupta	Agni Kumara	Asura Kumara	Bhavanavasi
Buddhi	Bala	Chakresvari	Devanada	Dhrti
Jyotiska	Nagakumara	Parsva	Risabha	Sakra
Sasana-deva Sasana-devi	Suparsva	Tirthamkaras	Vaimanika	Jain Completed

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