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Jaina Gem Dictionary.
who come after can never equal their predecessors in purity and radiance. This is the 9th or the arrivrittikarana stage.
It is by these three ascending stages of pure and enlightened thought-activity that the 21 sub-classes of right-conduct-deluding Karmas are destroyed or made to subside.
This threefold precedence of spirituality occurs also when the 7 or 5 sub-classes (3 or 1 of right-beliefdeluding Karmas, and four error-feeding passions) of Karmas subside or are destroyed in the soul's attaining subsidential or purified right belief in the 4th to the 7th
spiritual stage. Adharma (@ )--A substance which is the medium
of rest to soul and matter. Fulcrum of rest. But it is not matter, although it is not conscious. It is one of
the sis dravyas of Jainism. Adhigama (EUTETTA)-Knowledge derived from ex
ternal sources, e.g., precept, Adhikarana (EireTIRU)--Place; relation; topic, subject. Adhikaraniki (
E ARFAITI) —Having hurtful weapons. Adhôlôka yarati.The nether world. This is 7
râjús deep, under the mount Meru, Adhruva ( a)-Transient; as perception of a flash
of lightning. Adhyavasấya (EETGERT)--- Impure (from the point
