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• Candanbālā

  • Once upon a time, during the life of Lord Mahāvīra, there was…

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• Caitanya

  • Conscious soul, rationality, perception

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• Cakravartī

  • Monarch of area of Bharat or Airāvat, Universal monarch,  universal sovereign, One…

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• Cāmar

  • Flywhisk

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• Candkaushik

  • This is a story about Bhagwān Mahāvīra when he was a monk.…

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• Caravalo

  • Caravalo is made by attaching hundreds of soft white strings of yarn…

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• Cattāri Mangalam Sutra

  • This sutra explains that the Tirthankars, Liberated souls (Siddhas), Ascetics, and the…

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• Caitanyakendra

  • Psychic center, the prime center of manifestation of consciousness; cakra in Hathayoga;…

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• Caityavāsi

  • The ascetic (muni) who resides at a caitya (a place of worship)

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• Caurindriya
  • Four sensed beings – The Jīva (Soul) possessed of four sense organs…
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• Cauvisattho

  • Devotional Prayer to Tirthankaras
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    Chauvisattho means praying and appreciating…

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• Cintan

  • Thinking, pondering, meditation, contemplation

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• Citta

  • Inner organ, mind; attention.

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• Citta suddhi

  • Purification of mind.

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• Coviśi

  • Twenty-four Tirthankaras time cycle.

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• Curńi

  • Detailed analysis of scriptures, an analytical commentary on the Āgams  It is…

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• Cūrńi

  • Name of one of the five divisions of Drastivāda (12^th Anga (Principal…

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• Chatra

  • A type of umbrella used to avoid rain or heat of the…

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• Chadmastha

  • That jīva (soul) whose Jnāna (knowledge) and Darshan remain veiled, the soul…

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• Channa Ālocanā
  • A blemish of Ālocanā, to make Ālocanā in such a low voice…
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• Chaviccheda

  • A clause of ancient Dandnīti (Penal code or policy), corporeal punishment in…

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• Cheda Prāyaścitta

  • A kind of atonement, When a monk/nun goes on committing offences (without…

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• Cheda-sūtra

  • The four canonical works viz., Niśitha, Vyavahār, Kalpa and Daśā come under…

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• Censurable

  • Violence, to deprive any living being (jīva) of its Prānas (vital energy…

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