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Academic Advisor
Dr.Jitendra B.Shah
Ahemdabad
General Editor
Dilip V. Shah
Philadelphia
Duration of time before the bondage of Karma comes to fruitation (shows…
Non-existence, Negative aspect. There are four types of Abhāva:
1. Prāg…
Because of the presence of this power present in a given substance,…
Presence of this (34th of the 47) power of the soul. Besides…
Face turned towards, disposed or inclined to, in the direction of, in…
One who is not capable of liberation, unable to liberate from mundane…
Without difference or distinction, identical, identical
Great longing, strong desire, ambition
To be expressed, to be mentioned, to be designated, story worth telling.
Vow taken for a short duration. Vow towards a specific outcome or…
Congratulation, felicitation, felicitous eulogy, approval. Name of the fourth Tirthankar of the…
Thirteenth of the eighteen Pāp Karma. Making false accusations on somebody is…
There are six types of internal austerities practiced to shed karmas (Nirjarā)…
During the time of Lord Mahāvīra, there was a burglar named Lohkhur.…
Tirtha: The Jain Delwādā temples of India are located near Mount Abu…
Third of the eighteen Pāp Karma. Adattādāna means stealing. It is formed…
The one whose help is needed to perform the deed, supporting stage,…
King, superior, person in charge, editor of a newspaper or a magazine
Adhi means to know and ātam means the self. To know the…
Description of pathway to Salvation, Where there is description for pure nature…
Spiritual conduct, metaphysical
Aghāti karmas are non-destructive to the qualities of the soul but are…
For Jains, Ahimsa (Non Violence) supersedes all concepts,…
This is the first of twelve vows of…
Once upon a time in the streets of Polaspur, India, a six-year-old…
(non - living things) Non - soul – One of…
Indivisible, Unbroken, Undivided, Whole, Complete.
As such from quality…
Akinchanya is the ninth of the ten virtues…
Akalanka (8th century), also known as Akalanka Deva, Akalanka Candra was the…
This third day of the lunar month of Vaishākha marks the end…
High character of an ascetic who meticulously observes five great vows of…
Infinite - will never die or end. E.g. Ten divided by three…
Infinite power
Lacking in positive concomitance, unconnected
Purposeless
Attributes. “An” means stable and “Vay”a means modification, stable with modification is…
(Doctrine of Multiplicity of Viewpoints)
The concept of universal interdependence underpins…
The important aspect of Anekāntavāda and Syādvāda is the subtlety with which…
Though the Digambars contend that Sthavirs composed fourteen Anga-bāhya Āgams different from…
In addition to the twelve Anga works composed by the Ganadhars, other…
There is no difference of opinion among the Jain sects on the…
Fourteen types of Internal possessions: Wrong faith; four toxic passions of anger,…
First of the 12 Bhavanas (contemplations). Anitya means Impermanence. ‘Anitya’ also means
The ninth stage of advancement towards the ultimate goal of liberation is…
Cavity formed by putting side by side, hollowing the palms, holy substances…
Fasting. Not just remaining hungry but penance undertaken to free the mind…
Difference in time for a certain event occurring again, Distance in time…
Inner self, soul,
Very short time – less than 48 minutes.
Obstacle, hinderance, hurdle
This karma obstructs the natural quality and energy of the soul such…
Pāp and Punya are to be viewed in relative terms, and they…
Purity in the modes. There is purity as well as impurity present…
Kindness to all living beings, Recognizing and feeling pain of the others.
Serial order, sequence, method, arrangement.
Inference, inferential knowledge is knowledge that results through the instrumentation of some…
Applauding, approval, support
Meditative state. Contemplation, reflection, contemplating the knowledge acquired is reflection.
As…
Religious activity, performance of a ritual, Ritual activity
Anu means partial and Vrat means vow. The partial renunciation of worldly…
Expositions. Branches of scriptures. There are four types
1. Prathamānuyoga –…
Unconquered, unbeaten, unconquerable
Milder inclination. (Param Bhāva is exquisite condition)
(Non-possession)
Jain ascetics have no possessions. Similarly, Jainism advocates that lay…
Expected, desired, required, wished
This is the seventh stage of soul’s ascendance. Herein are Sādhus ascetics)…
This is the eighth stage of spiritual advancement. As implied by its…
Worthy of worshiping, one who has attained Keval Jnān, perfect soul awaiting…
Of the five supreme spiritual people enumerated in Navakār Mantra (most important…
Second of the twelve Bhāvanās - contemplations. "Sharana" means refuge. Asharan…
Ashuch means impure. This is the sixth of twelve Bhāvanās –…
Ashta means eight and Mangal is auspicious. The belief in auspicious objects…
Ashta Prakāri Pujā is a daily ritual in Svetambara temples.
“Ashta”…
(Path of Self Control and Meditation)
Ashtānga (Eight parts) yoga aims…
Soul’s inauspicious manifestation of consciousness, Unwholesome
Either is or is not, Existence non existence, positive and negative affirmation
Pollution of the texture of mind, transgression, deterioration of mental purity, violation…
Transgression, encroachment, onslaught, attack, aggression, invasion
Atishay means attribute. All Tirthankaras have 34 special attributes. According to Digambar
Atishay means attributes. All tirthankaras have following 34 special attributes
Four…
Vow of selfless offering to the unexpected guest (Atithi).
Behavior, good Conduct, sacred percept; rules of conduct prescribed by the scriptures…
The teachings of Bhagawän Mahāvīra, the last Tirthankar, are carried on…
Time is infinite. The Jain time cycle has no beginning or end.…
Scriptural knowledge, The knowledge gained through the statements/verbal testimony made by an…
Scriptural proof - Jinvani
Self-criticism, confession, the report of sins committed
Āloyanā is similar to Pratikraman but it goes in much details than…
Once upon a time, there lived a king named Jitshatru in the…
Authentic, Unimpeachable authority on truth; trustworthy.
One who has knowledge of all…
Āptamimānsā by Ācārya Samantabhadra (circa 2nd century CE) describes Tirthankara’s Sarvagnata
…
One who is worshiping, worshiper, aspirant
Beginning, start, commencement, any act that may result in inflicting violence to…
Where ever there is Ārambha, there is Parigraha, Samārambha is acquiring of…
Inevitable violence in performing various duties
The Ārati has 5 lamps. The flame is lit on a cotton…
‘Ārjav is the third virtue Digambars celebrate during their high holidays known…
Attributing the properties of one thing to another, accusation, establishing, planting of…
A land where noble people live.
In the third stage of the Ashtānga Yoga, a person should do…
In the third stage of the Ashtānga Yoga, a person should do…
To overcome with surprise
Surprising, wonderful
Conduct unbecoming, behavior that unrespectes Dev, Guru or Śāstra (scripture)
Having delusion regarding the nature of the soul, wrong notion, false idea
Engrossed in self meditation, self-consciousness
Self-intuition, introspection
Soul substance
Sucide
Self-consciousness, knowledge of the soul
Happiness for the soul, prosperity of soul, welfare of soul, Well-being of…
A treatise written by Ācārya Amritchandra. It contains commentary on “Samayasāra” and…
Self-restraint from karmic bondage
Real nature of the soul
The passionless mode of the eternally true nature of the self
A synonym of Jīva. A soul which contentiously undergoes transformation.
47…
Aspirant being, Aspirant for soul.
Self-realization.
Self-control, self-discipline.
Sense of belonging, closeness, referring some as close as one’s soul
Lid, cover, obstruction
Essential duties, Necessary, indispensable. (see: six Āvashyaks)
Physical body, Uddar means gross, Body is called Audārik as it…
Feeling produced due to fruition of karma manifestation, determined by operation of
Formal; for the sake of form only; not sincere; honorific, complementary, not…
The direct cognition of the corporeal (physical) objects by the soul. Independent…
Type of Mati Jnān, attention, perception, determinate cognition of the distinctive nature…
The descending half of the Kālacakra (time cycle) during which the biological…
Part, organ, limb of the body, part of a whole, a component,…
Possessing organs, limbs or parts; having limbs; any substance formed of several…
Vyaya means change. Avyaya means not changing, Imperishable. Not liable to change,…
Indivisibility; exceedingly small; in the single mode of the omniscient lord, multiple…
Universal concomitance, non-separable relation, inherent or essential relation.
Immortal, imperishable, eternal, inexhaustible.
Premature disintegration of Karma
Rude behavior, immodesty, incivility, arrogance
Non restraint, non-abstinence, vow-less-ness, absence of moral discipline, non-discipline
In this fourth stage the soul, though having been blessed with Right…
Ayodhyā is a historic city of India and sacred to Hindus and…
This is the last and momentary stage of duration equal to time…
This karma determines our life span. Other than Āyushya karma, we constantly…
The present life
Ageless, A liberated soul, Ageless