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GLOSSARY
ārta a kind of evil medita
tion with deep feeling of affliction as its basis 54, 56, 57, 59, 107, 123 dharma, a kind of beneficial meditation/contemplation on Reality 60, 61, 124, 215
raudra-, a kind of evil meditation with cruelty as its basis 54, 56, 57, 59, 107, 123, 124 śukla, highest state of beneficial meditation ultimately leading to emancipation 60, 61, 124
dirgha śvasa prekṣā, see prekṣā dhyāna
drașță, one who has realized the self 164
ekatva anuprekṣā, see prekṣā
gandha nāma karma, see karma
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gati nama karma, see karma gotra karma, see karma guṇasthānas, stages of spiritual progress of the soul 70 guna sūtras, chromosomes
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guru, guide 50
haritaki, the herb known as myrobalan 30 himsa, injury 73, 82 iḍā, the yoga-concept of one of the vital energies, (it may be interpreted as one of the two divisions of autonomic nervous system in scientific terms, the other being (pin
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galā) 146 jinakalpa, a form of Jaina ascetic practice in which most stringent austerities are observed 158
jiva, living being 18, 101, 102, 105, 106, 108, 111
jñāna, knowledge 10, 11 kaivalya, pure and perfect knowledge; omniscience, 42
kāla, time 203
kapha, phlegm 128, 233 kapota leśyā, see leśyā karma, as a result of good and evil actions, very special and most subtle type of material particles are attracted and assimilated in the eternal soul. They form an ultra-subtle body.
- śarīra, in the form of coded programme for future effects and is generally known by the term karma. There are eight main categories of karma, each controlling a specific domain. Some of these are näma karma, gotra karma, ayuşya karma, and antaraya karma. Each one of these is subdivided again into different classes 19, 26, 63, 65, 66, 68, 101, 111, 112, 115, 128, 182, 183, 194, 195, 196, 198, 203 antaraya-, a main category
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