A cooperative project of JAINA, Shrutranakar & Somayia University.
Academic Advisor
Dr.Jitendra B.Shah
Ahemdabad
General Editor
Dilip V. Shah
Philadelphia
Obstructive, detrimental, harmful
Absurd, inconsistent, inappropriate, contradictory reason, stultified reason
External possessions – ten types:
1. Agricultural land
2. Houses
1. Anashan (Fasting):
Complete abstinence from eating any food and/or drinking…
Outer self, the exterior self
One who is Nirgranthahas removed all his inclinations of attachment and aversions.…
Bondage of Karma. Four types:
1. Prakruti (Type)
2. avabandha
Ācārya Siddhasen Suri had just arrived Modhera for a visit with Mahāvīra…
Pandit Shri Bechardāsji can be considered to be one of… Read More
Supreme one, one with omniscience and omnipotence
Before his renunciation of worldly life, Lord Rishabhdev, or Ādināth, was known…
Resident celestial beings.
Ten Bhavan Vāśi Devas:
1. Asur Kumār…
Careful speech, To speak only that is true, measured and beneficial and…
Aggregate of matter particles causing formation of speech, speech molecules.
Detail analysis of scripture composed in Prākrit verses.
Psychic Dispositions, thought activity, state of mind.
Mindset behind a given…
Inclination of knowing eternal soul substance as an object of knowledge
Experience of the true nature of the soul along with the scriptural…
Jain religion puts a significant emphasis on the thought process of a…
Capacity of the soul to know the true meaning of a thing…
Discriminating science knowledge, knowledge of separateness between the self and the alien…
Enjoyments, objects of enjoyment, offering made to deity
Repeated consumption of pleasurable object
(Cobra Pose)
Bhujangāsan is one of the Āsanas (Yogic exercise) performed…
First syllable of a mantra, mystic syllable like Om
Bisapantha is a subsect of Digambars. The followers of Bisapantha support the…
Brahmcharya or celibacy is the last of the ten virtues Digambars celebrate…
Unending efforts to obtain knowledge, continuous practices in meditation and creation of…