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Bhavyatva: A Jiva capable of attaining the liberation in near or distant future is called a Bhavya Jiva. This potential of a Jīva is called Bhavyatva. A very small fraction of Jiva who will never attain liberation are called Abhavya Jiva.
Bhoktṛtva: Ability of experiencing or enjoying or enduring; Feeling or thought of enjoying/using/consuming/enduring a thing or person.
Cetana: Conscious; Jīva.
Cetana: Consciousness.
Darśana: Philosophy; Belief; Faith; Perception attribute of a soul.
Darśanavaraṇīya Karma: Perception obscuring Karma.
Dharma: Spirituality; Nature; An attribute of soul; See also Dharmästikāya.
Dharmastikāya: (Also known as Dharma Dravya) One of six kinds of substances which becomes instrumental cause for the motion of material objects and beings. Dhruva: Invariant; one which remains the same; Eternal substance; Constant; Permanent.
Dveșa: Inclination of aversion; Aversion; Hatred; Disliking.
Ekatva: Oneness.
Ekatva-Vibhakta: Separate from others and an indivisible sovereign entity in
itself.
Ekānta: Consideration of only one aspect instead of many other relavant aspects (therefore, it may be an incomplete description).
Eyattavihattam: Ekatva-Vibhakta (See Ekatva-Vibhakta).
Gati: Realm; State of existence. There are four possible realms (Gati) of worldly beings: (a) Human being (b) Hellish (c) Deva (celestial being, ghost, etc.) (d) Animal, insect, bacteria, plant, etc.
Gāthā: Stanza; Verse.
Gotra Karma: Status determining Karma.
Guna: Attribute; Trait; A short form of Gunasthana (see Gunasthāna).
Guṇasthāna: (also spelled as Guṇasthānaka) 14 stages of the spiritual growth of a soul have been described as 14 Guṇasthāna. The final stage of Siddha (a liberated soul) is attained immediately after reaching 14th stage. These stages are technically known as Guṇasthāna. Gunasthāna literally means the position in the merit.
