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

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsur Gyanmandir dharma-labha kala dharma-tirtha digambara - time stages within the progressive and regressive half-cycles - auspicious moments - increase in righteousness - holy path - sky-clad; name of the Jaina sect whose mendicants practice ascetic nudity - one who engages in extended penances - restriction on the distances a person may travel kalyanaka karma karma-prakrti - a form of matter, action digha-tapassi digvrata katha kayotsarga - initiation diksa divyadhvani ekanta ekantavada ekantavadin kesa-loca kevalajnana ekatva gacchha gana - miraculous sound - one-sided - extremism; absolutist doctrine - one who holds an absolutist doctrine - unity - a chapter of monks - a residence unit for monks - supporters of the order; i.e. the first mendicant disciples of a Tirthankara - celestial musician - leader of the order - conception - birth; destiny - exogamous groups kevalin ganadhara kriyas gandharva - the particular form into which karmic matter is differentiated - narrative literature - abandonment of the body, a standing or sitting posture of meditation - the practice of pulling out one's hair in five handfuls - knowledge isolated from karmic obstruction; infinite knowledge; omniscience; knowledge involving awareness of every existent in all its qualities and modes. one who has attained kevaljnana; a synonym for arhat actions, a Jaina term for sacred rites - anger - forgiveness - an ascetic who suffers with equanimity: title used in addressing a monk during the ritual of confession - minor, junior monk; a Jaina layman on the eleventh pratima - family - karmic stain, the color of which indicates a soul's degree of purity - middle of terrestrial world - the five great vows of a mendicant - holy litany mind-based-knowledge - deceit krodha ganin garbha ksama gati ksamasramana gotra - knot ksullaka granthi guna indriya Jaina kula lesya Jaina-sasana jati Jina - quality - sense organ - follower of a Jina, a synonym for Nigantha - teaching of the Jainas - birth caste - spiritual victor, a synonym for Tirthankara - Jaina Scripture - Jaina Temple - soul; sentient - the stellar gods madhya-loka mahavrata mantra Jina-agama Jina-bhavana Jiva jyotiska matijana maya 229 For Private And Personal Use Only

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