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Jaina Pāriblāșika Sabdakosa
those Asura Devas (demons), who are perpetrators of fierce action and who pierce and hang up the infernal beings on sword, spear, lance, javeline, long sharp spike, trident, needle and the like. asi-satti-komta-tomara-sula-tisülesu sūiyaggesu. poyamti kamdamāne, rudda khalu tattha neraie..
(SūtraNi 72)
Lagandasāyi A kind of Kāyaklesa (external austerity by undertaking yogic postures); to undertake the posture of lying down straight on the ground by keeping the body resembling a staff, that is, by making only the head and heels touch the ground while the remaining body being kept hanging in air (without touching the ground). lagandaśāyi-bhumyalagnaprstha.
(Sthä 7.49 Vr Pa 378)
Raudradhyāna Wrathful meditation-A kind of inauspicious (evil) meditation, in which one deeply gets immersed in the thoughts of the perpetration of violence, telling lie, stealing and the preservation of objects of sensual pleasures. himsā'nıtasteyavişayasamrakşanebhyo raudram.
(Tabhā 9.36)
Laghimā A type of Vikriyā Rddhi (supernatural protean power); by dint of which one can create the protean body which is even lighter than air. vāyorapi laghutarasarirată laghima.''
(Tavā 3.36)
La Laksana 1. A branch of astänga mahānimitta (the eightfold science of progntostication); the science which deals with the foretelling about the affluence etc. on the basis of the signs such as sriurksa, svastika, kalasa (pitcher) etc.. srivrkşasvastikabhrmgārakalasādilaksanavikşanāt traikālikasthānamānaisvaryādivisesajñānam laksaņam.
(Tavā 3.36) 2. Distinguishing characteristic--That characteristic on the basis of which the substance is disinctly identified as different from other substances. vyavacchedakadharmo laksanam. (Bhiksu 1.5)
Laghutva Metaphorical lighteness of the Jiva (soul) which abstains from the sinful activities of Himsā (injuring or killing the living beings) etc. (thus avoiding the heaviness of Karmic bondage). pāņāivāyaveramaneņam musāvāyaveramanenam adinnādāņaveramanenam mehinaveramanenam pariggahaverayanenam koha-mana-māyā-lobha-pejja-dosa-kalaha-abbhakkhāna-pesunna-paraparivāya-aratirati-māyāmosa-micchadainsanasalla-veramanenam....jivā lahuyattam havvamāgacchamti.
(Bhaga 12.42)
Laksanasamvatsara A type of Samvatsara (year); the Samvatsara which is identified on the basis of the Laksaņa (2) (distinguishing characteristic); it is of five kinds-constellation-based, lunar, season-based, solar and enlargement-based.
(Sthā 5.213) See--Pramāṇasamvatsara, Yugasamvatsara.
Laghu Prāyaścitta The Udghātika Prāyaścitta--that expiation, which is to be observed in rainy season and winter with respect to time (season) and as Nirvikrtika (to abstain from milk, curd etc.) up to Sasthabhakta (i.e., a two-day fast) with respect to penance. See-Guru Prāyascitta.
Laksanābhāsa Pseudo-characteristic-That which is not a Laksana (distinguishing characteristic), but appears only as a Laksana. atat tadiva ābhāsate iti tadābhāsah.
(Bhiksu 1.6 Vr)
Laghubhūtakāmi 1. One who wishes to make one's soul light (metaphorically with respect to karmic bondage). 2. One who aspires for Samyama (self-restraint or asceticism). ātmānam laghubhūtai kāmayate iti laghubhutakāmi. laglubluütah-samyamaḥ tam kāmaya
