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 Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir - mode; a synonym for bhava - fasting hall - wisdom paryay posaha-sala prajna prasama pratiharya pratikramana pravrajya pudgala рија punya-karma purva rajoharana rasa ratnatrava raudradhyana mayavada - illusionism mithyadarsana - synonymous with mathyadrsti and mithyatva mithyadrsti - incorrect view of reality, the first gunasthana moksha salvation, emancipation from the cycle of birth and death mulasutra - a group of texts belonging to the subsidiary canon пaтa-karma - karma that determines destinies and body types namaskara-mantra - reverent salutation to the five holy beings naya - view; partial expression of truth nayavada - doctrine of nayas nigantha - unattached, without [Sanskrit Nirgrantha] possessions nirjara - dissociation of karmas nirvana - release from bondage; the final death of an enlightened human being (arhat) followed immediately by moksa nirvana-bhumi - the place at which a tirthankara attained nirvana niryukti - Prakrit verse commentary nitya - eternal nityavada - eternalism niyati - fate niyativada - fatalism paduka - footprint panca-kalyana - the five auspicious events in the life of a Tirthankara panca-mahavrata - the five great vows of a mendicant papa - unwholesome karmas paramesthin - the supreme divinity parigraha - possession pariksa - examination parivrajaka - a non-Jaina mendicant parva - Jaina holy days 230 sadhu sadhviji - ease - miraculous phenomenon - ritualized confession - renunciation - matter - worship - wholesome karma - a group of fourteen Jaina canonical texts - a whiskbroom - taste - the three jewels, right faith or insight, right knowledge, right conduct - meditation of the perverse pleasure of causing injury to others - mendicant - a nun of the svetambara or sthanakavasi sect - death while in meditation - endowed with the mental capacity - holy assembly of the Jina - moment - attaining equanimity; fusion with the true self - order of monks; nuns, laymen and laywomen - self-regulation - cycle of transmigration - doubt - sacred rites - annual ceremony of public confession - correct view of reality; true spiritual insight; faith in the teachings of the Jina samadhi-marana samanaska samavasarana samaya samayika samgha samiti samsara samsaya samskaras samvatsari samyak-darsana For Private And Personal Use Only

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