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Dr.Jitendra B.Shah
Ahemdabad
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Dilip V. Shah
Philadelphia
Twelfth of the eighteen Pāp Karma. It means dispute or quarrel. Quarrel…
Bhabra or Bhabhra community is an ancient merchant community from Punjab region…
Traditionally, the most revered scripture for Shvetāmbars is the Kalpa-sutra, read from…
Auspicious Events in the life of Tirthankaras
Jains celebrate five major…
Jains reject root vegetables in their meals for ethical reasons. Jain life…
Pen, reed, ability to write, condition or provision in a contract, law…
Stigma, tainted, pollution
Imagination, idea, Whim, fancy
Rounded pinnacle at the top of a temple, top of a dome.
…A category of Āgam (canonical work) in which the description of dos…
Happiness, prosperity, well-being, welfare
Goddess who does good to all, woman whose husband is alive, a…
Auspicious event. Tirthankaras have five major Kalyānaks during their life span:
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Root vegetables, abode for countless lives
Spiritual energy of the soul which is the cause of the activity…
Karemi Bhante Sutra is recited to take the vow of Sāmāyika. Sāmāyika…
Karma is the key to a Soul’s destiny and is based on…
Rituals performed after death of a relative, the ceremonies and rites.
The spiritual energy of the soul which is the cause of bringing…
Compassion, mercy
To show compassion to someone’s misery.
“Kash” means Samsār (mundane existence, worldly life of pursuits) and “aya” means…
A state of soul influenced by attachments and aversions (Rāga and Dvesha)
Shri Shantidās Zaveri, who lived in the tenth generation before… Read More
Time, one of six fundamental Dravyas (Substances)
Time gives sequence to…
The mode occurring at its prescribed time is its “time of attainment”…
A prescribed time when an aspirant should study, contemplate on the subject…
Certain amount of time designated for a given event.
Having inclination of attachment - Rāga, sexual desire,
God of lust, cupid
Mythical cow satisfying all needs
Shri Kanji Swāmi (1889-1980 A.D.), a Shvetāmbar Sthānakavāsi by birth, was initiated…
People in this state of mind always remain sad and gloomy. They…
One who is originator of an action, manager of an action, helpful…
Cause, inference of effect, cause, reason, necessity
Becomes reason, becomes cause.
See Dev Diwāli
To endure with equanimity various elements like heat, cold, hunger, fatigue etc.
To assume a meditative posture for a duration either in seated or…
Un mixed, pure, mere, absolute
Perfect knowledge, omniscient knowledge
The Keval-jnänis are those who have eradicated the four destructive karma and…
Omniscient overflow, when age karma has a smaller duration than that of…
Part, division, fragment, chapter, section.
Refutation, breaking, destroying. Ancient art of debating wherein thoughts presented by one…
Refutation of the opponents view and maintaining (fortifying) of one’s own view.
Arya Khaputācārya was a great and eminent Jain Ācārya. He had acquired…
Grief, sorrow, inclination occurring due to acquiring unwanted thing or loosing wanted…
One day, during an assembly of demigods, Indra, the king of heavenly…
King Shrenik of Magadha set out for a forest-outing on a horse.…
This is a story from the time of Bhagwān Mahāvīra. At that…
Once, in response to King Shrenik’s question about his next birth, Bhagwān…
Order, series, order of succession, rule,
Successive, chronological order.
One which occurs sequentially, revolving.
Activities of house holders, engaging in religious rituals, prescribed method of doing…
Blindly following rituals without any understanding or meaning.
A stand point of activism related to principles of spiritualism.
People in this state of mind do not show any compassion or…
Sixth of the eighteen Pāp Karma. It means anger. Krodh originates in…
Kindness, grace, favor
Gratitude, expression of thankfulness for favors received.
People in this state of mind do not show any compassion or…
Kshamā means forgiveness and forbearance. It is first of the ten virtues…
A measure of time, 4/5th of a second, moment, a very short…
Transient, perishable.
Momentary, lasting only a short time
Transient
Momentarist .
A ladder of spiritual development in which the mohaniya (deluding) Karma is…
Annihilating, annihilator
Destruction cum subsidence, anilation cum subsidence
Crooked perceptor
Bowl shaped vessel, big bowl, pond or tank with steps leading to…
Ācārya Kunda-kunda is one of the most famous Jain Ācāryas. Digambar Jains…
Tact, ingenuity, skill
In ancient times, there lived a businessman named Dhandatta who was highly…
Auspicious, healthy, happy, expert, skilful