Arrival, coming; also a sacred text, from Sanskrit āgama
Jain baby names
Names used in Jain families, from Tirthankaras, Jain virtues and Sanskrit, each with its source.
24 names: 6 for girls and 18 for boys. Meanings are checked in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, Lane's Arabic–English Lexicon and Rekhta Gujarati dictionary. A few to start: Arham ("most merciful"), Mahavir ("great hero") and Samyak ("complete; correct, true").
24 names
"Adornment of the deity"
The first lord; a name of Shiva and the first Tirthankara
Most merciful
"Destroyer of inner enemies" in Jain use; Sanskrit arhat, "worthy one"
Honesty, sincerity; Sanskrit ārjava, "straightness"
Excellence, abundance; Sanskrit atiśaya
"Place of worship"; also "the individual soul"
"Sandalwood"; also Mahavira's first woman disciple
"Golden moon"; name of the Jain scholar Hemachandra
"Victorious" in popular use; Sanskrit jaina, "of the Jinas"
"Victorious"; from jina, the Jain spiritual victor
"Lord of the Jinas", a Jain Arhat
"Great hero", title of the 24th Jain Tirthankara
"Lord Nemi", the 22nd Jain Tirthankara
Parshvanatha, the 23rd Jain Tirthankara
"Beholding"; also "reflection, contemplation"
"Flower"
"Bull", and so "the best"; the first Jain Tirthankara
"Possible"; Sanskrit sambhava, "birth, origin, possibility"
Complete; correct, true
Share of good fortune; name of the eleventh Jain Tirthankara
"Ford-maker", a Jain spiritual teacher; Sanskrit tīrthaṃkara
Mother of Mahavira, in Jain tradition
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