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TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA
Appendix - B
GLOSSARY OF JAINA TERMS
vity.
Abhavya - Unliberatable. Abhayadāna - To spare life. Abhimāna - Pride. Abrahma - Sexual indulgnece. Acaksu darśana - Non--occular
vision. Acaurya vrata - Vow of non
stealing. Acyuta - Stable, - heaven, -
Indra -the king of -gods. Adarśana parīsaha - To keep the
faith in the face of invisibility of fine and extra-sensory perception even after long
spiritual practice. Adattādāna - To take or receive
the ungiven, Theft. Adharmāstikāya - Intangible
inanimate matter that aids the state of rest of Jīva (soul) and
pudgala. Adhigama- Comprehension. Adhikarana - Instrument. Adhogati. - Nether birth,
downward motion. Adholoka - Nether world, the
seven hellish grounds. Adhruva - Transitory, transient,
temporary.
Āgārī - Householder practi
tioner of minor vows. Aguru-laghu - Neither heavy
nor light, neither grave nor inconsequential, non-gravity
levity. Ahimsā - Nonviolence. Aiśvarya mada - Puff or pride
borne out of prosperity. Ajīva - Inanimate, non-living,
non-soul. Ajñāna - Ignorance, false
knowledge (Viparyaya jñā
na). Akalpya -Improper conduct. Akāla mrtyu - Untimely death. Akāma nirjară - Involuntary
separation of karma from the soul as in involuntary
sufferings. Akasāya - Absense of
passions. Alābha -- Absense of gain. Alokākāśa - Non-universal
space. Alpabahutva - Few-many ness. Amanaska - Mindless, irrational
non-reasoning living-beings. Amūrtatva - Subtlety,
abstraction Anga śruta - Primary canons.
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