INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The term “Jain” is derived from the Sanskrit word “Jina” means conqueror of senses. It shows the victory of a person from the cycle of birth and death.

Detailed explanation-2: -: one who according to Jainism has conquered temporal and material existence through self-discipline and attained a transcendent and external state of bliss. especially : one venerated as a tirthankara.

Detailed explanation-3: -The name Jainism derives from the Sanskrit verb ji, “to conquer.” It refers to the ascetic battle that, it is believed, Jain renunciants (monks and nuns) must fight against the passions and bodily senses to gain enlightenment, or omniscience and purity of soul.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct option is A Conqueror of the self. Vardhamana came to be known as Mahavira or Jina, the conqueror of the self. Hence, his followers came to be known as Jains. The Jains also considered him to be the last of the twenty four Tirthankaras.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hint: Jainism is an Indian religion based on the path of spiritual purity and enlightenment through self-discipline. Jainism is much older than Buddhism, founded by Mahavira.