Sudha Sagar Hindi English Jaina Dictionary

Author(s): Rameshchandra Jain
Publisher: Gyansagar Vagarth Vimarsh Kendra Byavar

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electrical body, Phosphorescent variform. Taksaka - 778 - Carver. Taksana kala - तक्षण कला - Plastic art. Tala - 77 - Floor, Shell, Storey of a shrine, Vimana or gopura, same as bhūmi. The south Indian vimāna may have one storey or two storeys or three storeys and so on. The ground floor is called āditala and the intermediate storey-madhaytala. Talaghara - Start - Basement. Tamah patala - 74: 4207 - Pall of darkness. Tama - 7 - Darkness - Darkness is the opposite of light and obstructs vision. An image - 8914 (Shadow) - results from obstruiction of light by an object. It is of two kinds. Images as seen in a mirror and uninverted image like shadows. In the first of these, the left side becoines right and right side becomes left. TTH - Tama - Darkness - 24: - may well be regarded as a material substance (TCC). This reasoning is that TA: being quite as visible as light, it is as much a material substance as the latter, the only difference between the two being that one is dark and the other bright. But it may be objected that 74: is not really visible (ae): for whatever is really visible requires light to make it so, whereas 74: does not require it, therefore its visibility must be deemed to be only apparent. The answer made to this objection is 74: is seen by owls without the help of light
which shows that the onlft - relied upon by the vaišesika (Viz whatever is visible requires light to make it so) breaks down. No doubt we do require light to enable us to see TT TT etc. but this is no reason why we should require it in order to see 014: So different are the natures of things in this world that you must take the differences as they are, and have no right to obliterate them by adopting a fictitious uniformity. For example, gold, pearls etc. although all
FH are not visible without external light, whereas a lamp, the moon etc. are visible even wthout the aid of other light Tamahprabhā (774:999) - That which has the colour of darkness is Tamahprabhā.
S-3/1. Tamas - 744 - The quality of inertia, Darkness. Tana - TI - Trunk. Tantrayukti - przyrt - Terms of scientific arguments. Tanu - 7 - Humid. Tanuvāta-14418 - The atmosphere of thin air. Tanuvātavalaya - gaidasta - Rare air envelop. Tapa . 779 - Austerity. penance. Tapa - 79 - Penance is fasting, taking less than one's fill etc. S-9/22. Tapa - 79 - Austerity is voluntary affliction of the body in conformity with the scriptures and one's capacity.
S-6/24. Tapa - 79 - Austerity - Undergoing penance in order to destroy the accumulated karmas is austerity.