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APPENDIX II
Index of Technical Terms
Akarmabhūmi-The world where there is no activity like agricul
ture, writing...etc.
like-fasting, celibacy, sleeping on the floor
Akāmanirjar ā-It refers to the removal of kārmic particles by actions etc., not voluntarily but out of compulsion as in the case of a man who is imprisoned and who has to undergo these hardships.
tgurulaghu-It refers to the absence of the two characteristics of
heaviness and lightness.
Agurulaghuguna-It is the characteristic which expresses neither the lightness nor the heaviness as in the case of the characteristics of the soul. It is infinite in character.
Ajiva-Non-living substance.
Ajñāna-Ignorance due to the perversity of attitude which arises due to the rise of jñānāvaraṇīya karma,
Anu-An atom.
Atyantabhāva-Absolute negation; for example, the sky flower or the son of barren women or horns of a rabbit.
Addhāsamaya- It refers to time or the indivisible part of time. Adharma --The unrighteous attitude which is responsible for the downfall of the soul in the spiritual path.
Adharmadravya - Principle of rest.
Adhigama-Sense experience of the objects. Adholoka-The lower world.
Adhruvabandha-The bondage of the kar nic matter of a soul in the cases where there is the possibility of the non-bondage of the karmic matter and the consequent freedom from bondage.
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