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Dr.Jitendra B.Shah
Ahemdabad
General Editor
Dilip V. Shah
Philadelphia
City, town
It is the partial point of view which considers the past mode…
When the action occurs in an affluent cause – Upādān, then there…
Distress arising due to external causes.
Casual production
Inborn wrong belief
Salutation, obeisance, respect, worship, adoration.
Humble, modest, polite, civil
In this Sutra, obeisance is offered to the Five Supreme Entities.
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This Sutra enumerates the virtues of a Tirthankara and offers obeisance to…
Sage Nandisen was a great ascetic and well versed in the scriptures.…
Of neuter gender, impotent, eunuch
Nine reverential and supreme beings. They are Panch Parmesthi (Arihanta, Siddha, Ācārya,…
Nine treasures of Cakravarti. They are: Kāl, Mahākāl, Pānduk, Manvak, Shankha, Padma,…
Childhood and Young Age:
This great man was born in…
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The Navakār Mantra is the most important mantra in Jainism…
"The doctrine of Nayas of Standpoint is a peculiar feature of Jain…
People in this state of mind are proud, arrogant, and lazy. They…
Good conduct or behavior, rules of conduct, character, policy
A long time ago, the Yādava clan settled on the banks of…
Desire for future pleasure, longing for enjoyment
Store house, receptacle, depositing
Treasure, trust, wealth, store house
Right deduction, a logical conclusion,
Lowest form of life
Abstract reasoning
Own, my own
Joy in self, Spiritual joy
Analysis of truth of object of knowledge – Gney.; installation, attribution;.
…
(External Circumstances and Karma)
Nimitta is an apparent cause of a…
An intense bondage of karma that must be endured (one that cannot…
Desireless of worldly pleasures, no desire for worldly pleasures.
Shapelessness, having no form, formless
Without blemish, untainted, unstained. Proper known of a person
Fearless, undaunted
Order, direction, allusion, reference, pointing out
One who shows, directs or orders
Determination, decision
Innocent, blameless, faultless, virtuous, guiltless, scrupulous, unblemished, inculpable.
Free from all ties, bonds or complexes, unattached and possession less saint
…One who has no passions at all. He may be at 11th…
Partial Eradication of Karmas. One of the nine tattvas (categories of truth)
Free from greed, unselfish
Totally engrossed, pleased, delighted
Pure, without any dirt
Serenity, cleanliness, holy
from Attachment less, free illusion, detached, indifferent, disinterested, a character of a…
Decision, determination, verdict, judgment
Restraining, obstruction, stoppage, prevention.
Non relativistic, without any reference to any other, independent, without any expectation
Incomparable, proper noun of a person
Not reflecting, thoughtlessness, inconsiderate.
Without impediment
Pure undetermined sensation, indeterminate perception, not capable of mutual relation, free from…
Analysis in detail of a scripture, explanation of sacred text.
Encouraging sinful or wrong activities
Immovable. Fixed, firm
Absolute conception, fixed, firm
Reflection about absolutism
Absolute right conduct
Absolute or right knowledge of self
Time factor causing transformation of any entity
(Absolute Point of View)
Here one takes a substance and picks…
Determined, certain, definite
Negation, negative element, prohibition.
Prohibitory form
Free from desires
Motionless, steady
Sinless, Name of the 13th future Tirthankara
Fruitless, useless, unsuccessful.
Free from desire, detached, indifferent
(Renunciation)
Nissihi means renunciation (giving up). It is said three times…
Good conduct or behavior, policy, morality, ethics, rectitude
Eternal bliss, path to salvation
Essential daily duties (of saints or householders)
Permanence, eternity.
Retirement, quietude, leisure, to take mind away from desires.
(Observances - Individual Discipline):
In the second stage of Ashtānga yoga,…
Niyansara is Written by Acharya Kundkund
(Destiny)
Niyati means destiny or fate. In this world, there are…
Relationship
Quasi toxic emotions. There are nine types of Nokaśāya:
1. Hāsya…
With comprehensive knowledge to examine an object is known as Nyāya, to…
There is a village named Māndal in Saurashtra region of Gujarāt…
Sacrifice, offered in charity,
Deficient, lacking, wanting.