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JAINA TECHNICAL TERMS
Dharmin Substance; subject. Dharmya Virtuous, righteous.
Nayuta A period consisting of eighty-four lakhs of Prayutas. Naraka A hell.
Dharmadhyāna.
Dharmyadhyāna Same as Narakapāla A guard of hell, a torturer of hellish beings. Narakāvāsa An infernal abode.
Nalina A period consisting of eighty-four lakhs of Nalināngas.
Dhātrīpinda A fault incurred by obtaining alms by amusing a child like a nurse.
Dharana Holding. Dharaṇā Retention. Dhūma A fault incurred by an ascetic by condemning the dryness of food.
Dhyana Meditation, concentration, contemplation.
Dhruva Constant, permanent; inevitable.
Dhrauvya Permanence.
Naya A viewpoint, a standpoint, a partial judgment. Nayavada Doctrine of viewpoint.
Nayabhasa Fallacious viewpoint, false standpoint.
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Nalinanga A period consisting of eighty-four lakhs of Padmas. Navanavamikā A kind of penance lasting for eighty-one days.
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Nandi Knowledge.
Närakagati The infernal state of existence.
Nandi Same as Nandi. Nandyāvarta A kind of Nārācasamhanana A weak diagram.
joining of the body in which the Napumsakaveda Androgy- bones are loosely tied together. nous desire.
Identical with
Nagnyabhava Possessionlessness, asceticism.
Namakarman Body-making karma, physique-making
karma.
Nārāyaṇa Vasudeva.
Nälikā A measure equal to four cubits; a period equal to twenty-four minutes. Nästitva Non-existence. Niḥkṣepa Same as Nikṣepa.
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