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Jain literature

Jain literature, also known as the Jain scriptures or Agamas, is the body of scriptural, commentarial, and narrative writing of Jainism, centered on texts Śvetāmbaras trace to Mahavira's sermons.

Jain literature in Gujarat

Jain literature in Gujarat is writing produced by Jain monks and lay scholars from the early medieval period onward, spanning Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhraṃśa, and Old and modern Gujarati.

Jain miniature painting

Jain miniature painting is the tradition of small illustrated manuscript painting made for Jain communities in Gujarat and Rajasthan from about the 11th to 16th centuries.

Jain narrative literature is the body of story-telling texts composed by and for Jains over more than two thousand years, spanning Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhraṃśa, and vernacular languages, including famed Jain retellings of the Rāma story.

Jain philosophy

Jain philosophy is the body of thought developed in the Jain tradition of India, teaching liberation of the soul from karmic bondage through non-violence, non-possession, and non-absolutism.

Jain sangha

The Jain sangha (जैन संघ) is the fourfold religious community of Jainism, organized by Mahavira in the sixth century BC and still the frame of Jain life.

Jain tradition of Chandragupta's abdication and death at Sravanabelgola

According to Jain tradition, Chandragupta Maurya abdicated around 298 BCE, became a disciple of Bhadrabahu, migrated to Shravanabelagola in Karnataka, and died there by sallekhana, the Jain rite of fasting to death.

Jain vegetarianism

Jain vegetarianism is the mandated lacto-vegetarian diet of Jainism, grounded in ahimsa; it forbids meat, eggs, honey, alcohol, and root vegetables like potato, onion, and garlic, which tradition holds contain many souls.

Jaina Lee Ortiz

Jaina Lee Ortiz (born Jessica Ortiz, 1986) is an American actress and former professional salsa dancer from the Bronx, known for Rosewood's Det. Annalise Villa, Station 19's Andy Herrera, and Emi Ochoa on ABC's R.J. Decker.

Sep 21, 2026

Jainendra K. Jain

Jainendra K. Jain is a physicist at Penn State known for his composite-fermion theory of the fractional quantum Hall effect, honored with the 2025 Wolf Prize in Physics.

Jainendra Kumar

Jainendra Kumar (जैनेंद्र कुमार) was a Hindi novelist, born Anandilal in 1905, regarded as the founder of the psychoanalytic tradition in the Hindi novel and awarded the Padma Bhushan.

Jainism (जैन धर्म)

Jainism (जैन धर्म) is an ancient Indian religion, among the oldest still practiced alongside Hinduism and Buddhism, teaching liberation of the soul from karmic bondage through nonviolence, non-absolutism, and non-attachment.

Jainism in India

Jainism in India is the practice of an ancient non-Vedic religion whose central principle is ahiṃsā; its 4.45 million adherents live mostly in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Gujarat.

Jaintia kingdom

The Jaintia kingdom (জয়ন্তিয়া রাজ্য) was a medieval Northeast Indian kingdom uniting the Jaintia Hills with the Sylhet plains, ruled by Khasi kings until British annexation in 1835.

Jaipal Singh

Jaipal Singh Munda, also called Marang Gomke and born Pramod Pahan (1903–1970), was an Adivasi leader, Oxford PPE graduate, captain of India's gold-medal 1928 Olympic hockey team, Constituent Assembly member, and pioneer of the Jharkhand statehood movement.

Jaipala sodhana

Jaipala sodhana (जयपाल शोधन) is the Ayurvedic purification of Croton tiglium (Jayapāla) seeds, an Upavisha purgative, using cow milk, cow urine, water, or lemon juice before internal medicinal use.

Oct 15, 2026

Jaiprakash Power Ventures

Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited (JPVL) is an Indian power generation company, incorporated in 1994, that operates 2,220 MW across one hydroelectric and two thermal plants in Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh.

Jaipur (district)

Jaipur District (जयपुर जिला), Rajasthan, India; headquarters at Jaipur, the state capital and Pink City. Most populous Rajasthan district: 6,626,178 people (2011), 11,143 km2, founded city 1727 by Sawai Jai Singh II.

Jaipur (game)

Jaipur (game): two-player trading card game by Sébastien Pauchon, 2009, Space Cowboys/Game Works. Merchants collect goods and camels from a five-card market, sell sets for rupee tokens, and two Seals of Excellence win the match.

Jaipur (जयपुर)

Jaipur (जयपुर), capital of Rajasthan, India: walled city founded 1727 by Sawai Jai Singh II on a Vedic grid plan; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019; Pink City of over 3 million people facing water-supply and conservation pressures.

Jaipur blue pottery

Jaipur blue pottery is a glazed, low-fired ceramic craft of Jaipur, Rajasthan, made from a quartz-based dough with no clay and painted in cobalt blue and white.

Jaipur International Airport (जयपुर अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा)

Jaipur International Airport (जयपुर अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा), also known as Sanganer Airport, serves Jaipur, Rajasthan, about 13 km south of the city, and is the state's busiest airport.

Jaipur Literature Festival

The Jaipur Literature Festival is an annual five-day literary festival held each January in Jaipur, India, founded in 2006 by Namita Gokhale and William Dalrymple.

Jaipur State

Jaipur State (जयपुर रियासत) was a Kachwaha Rajput princely state in Rajputana, north-western India, whose ruler Sawai Jai Singh II founded Jaipur city in 1727.

Jaipur War of Succession

The Jaipur War of Succession (जयपुर उत्तराधिकार संघर्ष) was the 1743–1750 struggle between Ishwari Singh and Madho Singh, sons of Sawai Jai Singh II, for the throne of Amber-Jaipur.