Book Title: Jainism the Creed for All Times
Author(s): D S Baya
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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________________ Pratima- 1. Idol, image; 2. Advanced practices. Pratyakhyāna - Taking the vow of some renunciation such as of giving up food, etc. Atonement for a flaw or a misconduct. Prayaścitta Prāyopagamana/Pādopagamana/Pādapopagamana Pudgala maraṇa Embracing voluntary death by renouncing all kinds of food and lying down at a place without any movement, like a fallen tree, and doing away with self-service as well as with service and assistance by the others. - · Concrete formed matter that can be discerned by sense organs. Attachment. Rāga Ratnatraya- The 'TRI-GEM' or the triad of right-vision, right-knowledge and right conduct that constitutes the liberating path. Education; Scriptural learning. SiksaŚrāvaka Pratima - Lay followers' advanced practices. Śreņi -- Ladder or stair case. Śstrāvapātanamaraṇa Death by the use of a weapon such as self-slaying or self-disembowelling, etc. Samadhi Sāgāra Caritra - Householders' or lay followers' conduct. Sakāmamaraṇa- Voluntary death by the enlightened practitioners. External and internal penance to weaken the body and passions before undertaking the practice of Samadhimaraṇa. Sallekhana --- Samnyāsamaraṇa- A synonym of Samādhimaraṇa, meaning 'the death of an ascetic'. State of equanimity of mind or psychic ix : JAINISM: THE CREED FOR ALL TIMES

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