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Nandi Sootra
Bhasha - The two types of speech prescribed for ascetics - absolute truth and worldly truth.
Abhasha - The two types of speech proscribed for ascetics - lie and mixed.
Yatra - Indulgence in avashyakiya (essential disciplines), tap (austerities), dhyan (meditation), samadhi (deep meditation), and svadhyaya (studies, or selfstudy).
Matra - Restricted food intake just enough to maintain the body and facilitate observation of discipline.
Vritti - Bolstering discipline by practicing a variety of abhigrah (resolutions). Specialties of Acharang Sutra
Vachana - The number of new lessons given to or written for a student from start to finish is called vachana. In Acharang Sutra there are countable vachanas.
Anuyogadwar - Anuyoga means lecture or discourse. Sutra (aphorism) has less or limited number of words and artha (meaning) has large and unlimited number of words. That which is the medium of establishing relationship between sutra and artha is called anuyogadwar.
To understand the complete and proper meaning of sutra four anuyogadwar have been mentioned - upkram, nikshep, anugam, and naya. In Acharang Sutra there are countable such sutras and sentences.
Vedha or Veshtak - A sentence or verse conveying one particular subject is called veshtak. In Acharang Sutra there are countable such veshtaks.
Shlok - Couplets and other verse styles. In Acharang Sutra there are countable such shloks.
Niryukti - The dialectic or logical reasoning used to expostulate the meaning clearly and authentically is called niryukti. In Acharang Sutra there are countable such niryuktis.
Pratipatti - The part of text where there are mentions of beliefs about things like dravya (substances) or specific pratima and abhigrah is called pratipatti. In Acharang Sutra there are countable such pratipattis.
Uddeshan kaal - To read and recite a specific canon or scripture according to the established norms under the guru's instructions. In Acharang Sutra there are laid down procedures for this.
Samuddeshan kaal - To read and recite a specific lesson or topic or portion from a specific canon or scripture according to the established norms under the guru's instructions. In Acharang Sutra there are laid down procedures for this.
Pad - A sentence which is a part of a paragraph or a verse. There are four types of pad-arthapad(meaning), vibhaktyapad (parsing), gathapad (part of a verse), and samasantapad (rhymed). In Acharang Sutra there are eighteen thousand pad.
Akshar (alphabet) - In Acharang Sutra there are countable number of akshar.
Gum - The path of deriving the meaning that is dependent on abhtdhan (nomenclature) and abhidheya (predicate). In Acharang Sutra there are infinite gums.
Tras (mobile beings) - In Acharang Sutra there are descriptions of limited number of tress.
Sthavar - In Acharang Sutra there are descriptions of infinite number of sthavar (immobile beings).
Paryaya - In Acharang Sutra there are descriptions of infinite number of paryaya (variations) with reference to the self and the other. Aagam- 44 -NandiSootra
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