Terminology of Jainism

Author(s): Dinesh Vora
Publisher: Dinesh Vora

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Gatharth Gati
Gati hetutva
Gauna
Gehi
Ghaati
Ghaatiya Ghadi Ghati
Ghatika Ghoratavassi
Glaani
Gnaana
Gnaana
Jain scriptures
Verbal meaning of stanza
State of being or living or condition
Instrumental cause in the motion of a substance
Secondary
Householder
Destructive
Destructive
A time unit of 24 minutes
The four types of karmas, whose powers are much stronger than those of the aghati karmas. Karmas that have a vitiating effect upon the qualities of the soul. These powers may last for many lives.
A period of slightly less than 24 minutes
One who practices severe austerities
Grief
Knowledge. A pure soul has infinite knowledge; Cognition; Understanding; Enlightenment; Realization; Experience Knowledge; Congnition; Realization; Experience; Knowledge Description:
The Jainas have conceived five kinds of knowledge as follows:
Mati or ordinary cognition by the sense organs and the mind; Sruta or knowledge derived with the help of signs, symbols, or words (expressions);
Avadhi or direct knowledge of corporeal things without the help of the sense organs and the mind, but within some limit of space and time;
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