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GLOSSARY
Kashäya 24
Passion like anger, ego, deceit and greed. The
Kashäya cause the karma to bind to the soul. Keval-jnän Kalyänak Event celebrating the omniscience of a Tirthankar.
33 Keval-jnän 28, 30 Infinite knowledge. Knowledge not obscured
from karmic particles. Omniscience. Absolute
knowledge of the soul. Krodha 24
Anger Länchhan 35
Symbol on the base of a Tirthankar's idol that helps
identify the Tirthankar. Lobha 24
Greed Mäna 24
Ego Manushya 37 Human beings Mäyä 24
Deceit Mohaniya 43 Deluding karma. It is one of the four Ghäti karma Moksha 28
The state of freedom, for a soul, from the cycle of
birth and death. Murti 35
Idol Näm 43
Body determining karma. It is one of the four Aghäti
karma. Narak 37
Hell Nirvana Kalyänak 33 Liberation Nissihi 34
Leaving behind Pancha Kalyänak 33 Five auspicious event Panchendriya 42 Five sensed beings having touch, taste, smell, sight
and hearing Prithvikäya 42 Living being who has earth as a body. Räga 37
Attachment Sädhu 28
A male person who has given up family life, wealth
and worldly comforts to seek liberation. He
studies scriptures regularly. Sädhvi 28
A female person who has given up family life, wealth
and worldly comforts to seek liberation. She
studies scriptures regularly. Samavasaran 30 A circular or square enclosure built for sermons given
by a Tirthankar.
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