Book Title: Tirthankar Mahavir
Author(s): Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Jaybhikkhu Sahitya Trust

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra abhigraha abhiseka acarya adhyayana agama aghatiya ahimsa ahimsavrata ajnana akasa akriyavada anagara-dharma anasana anekantavada anekatva anga anitya anityavada anukampa anuvratas aparigraha arati arcana arham arhat asamyama asarva 228 Glossary of Sanskrit and Prakrit Words -resolution anointing ceremony - head of a mendicant group; spiritual leader; lecture scripture; canorical literature karmas that generate embodiment and particular conditions thereof non-harming - refraining from harming - ignorance -space doctrine of non-action mendicant discipline fasting the doctrine of manifold aspects multiplicity a group of twelve jaina canonical texts -impermanent nonesternalism - compassion minor vows pertaining only to laypeople non-possession -the lamp-waving ceremony - worship - identical to arhat www.kobatirth.org "worthy of worship"; an epithet of one who has attained kevaljnana: a synonym for kevalin - nonrestraint karmic influx astanga astaya asubha-karma atman avedhijnana avesarpini avidya avirati bandha bhagavan bhakti bhasya bodhi bodhi-durlabha brahmana caitanya caitya caityavasi caritra dana darsana darsana-mohaniya darsanavaraniye deva-dusya devagama devapuja dharmadhyana dharma-katha - temple - temple-dweller - conduct caritra-mohaniya - conduct-deluding karmas caturvimsati-stava - praise of the twenty-four Tirthankaras For Private And Personal Use Only Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir - eight limbs [of samyak-darsana] - not stealing - unwholesome karma soul; self supermundane knowledge such as clairvoyance regressive half-cycle - ignorance nonrestraint - karmik bondage venerable - devotionalism - commentary - enlightenment the rarity of enlightenment - a member of the priestly caste - consciousness charity; alms-giving - a system of philosophy insight-delading karmas perception-obscuring karmast "divine" cloth; a finely woven piece of cloth the arrival of gods at a holy gethering worship of the Tirthankaras virtuous concentration - religious tale

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