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162 :: Aspects of Jaina Religion
Āyu-karma
: the age-determining karma Baddha jīvas
• souls in bondage Bahumāna
: great honour or zeal Bāhya-parigraha : actual possession of worldly objects Bāhya-tapa
: external austerities Bala-mada
: pride of power, pride of one's own
strength Bandha
: bondage of soul by karmic matter Bhakti
faith, devotion Bhārata-varsa
India, i.e., the country named after Bharata, the eldest son of the first
Jaina Tīrthankara Adinātha Bhāṣā-samiti
: regulation of mode of speech Bhattāraka
: a Dharma-guru of Digambara Jainas Bhāvanā
: contemplation Bhogabhūmi
: enjoyment-region Bīsapantha
: name of a sub-sect of Digambara
Jainas Brahmacharya .: abstention from unchastity or sexu
ality Brahmachary-āśrama : the first stage in life of study and
preparation Chaitya
idol or statue Chaityālaya
: a temple Chaityavāsi
: temple residents, another name of
Mūrtipūjaka sub-sect of Svetāmbara
sect Chakravarti
Emperor, a paramount sovereign Charitra
: biographies of great teachers and
personages Chatur-indriya Jīvas : souls having first four senses of
touch, taste, smell and sight Chăturyāma Dharma : fourfold religion Chaurya
: theft Chhedopasthāpanā : recovery of lost equanimity Dāna
charity Darsanāvaraṇīyakarma : the conation-obscuring karma
