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 Kailassagarsun Gyanmandir Sutra svadhyaya Svetambara syadvada tapas latva tirtha Tirthankara ucchedavada upabhoga Upanga samyak-mithyatva - a state of transition in which both correct and incorrect views are present; the third gunasthana samyama - restraint sapta-bhangi-naya - the sevenfold prediction sarira - body sasana-devata - guardian spirits sastra - scripture satya - truth siddha - a liberated soul; a kevalin freed from all activities whatsoever siddha-gari - the destiny of the siddha siddha-loka - the permanent abode of the siddha; a synonym for isatpragbhara-bhumi sraddha - faith sramana - a non-Vedic mendicant, usually a Jaina or a Buddhist sreni - ladder, a term applied to the eighth, ninth and tenth gunasthanas sruta - the oral tradition of Jaina scripture srutajnana - knowledge derived from instruction and reasoniong stava - hymn of praise sthanakvasi - dwellers in halls; name of a Jaina sect whose members do not worship in temples sthapana ritual act of asking a monk to stop for alms sthavira sthavirakalpin - a monk who lives in an ecclesiastical community stupa - reliquary mound suddhi - purity sukla-lesya - luminous white karmic stain susama - happy susama-dusama - more happy than unhappy susama-susama - extremely happy upasarga urdhva-loka utpada utsarpini vairagya -style-aphoristic made of presentation - the study of the scriptures - white (cotton) clad; name of a Jaina sect whose mendicants wear white garments - the doctrine of qualified assertion - austerity - the (nine) reals, regards as objects of faith for a Jaina ford; the path of Jaina practice; the monastic order - builders of the ford; the omniscient spiritual teachers of the Jainas: a synonym for Jina - doctrine of annihilation after death - repeated enjoyment - subsidiary to the Anga: a group of twelve canonical texts - calamity - the celestial world - origin; acquisition - progressive half-cycle - aversion leading to renunciation - reverent salutation - caste hierarchy, class - trace - karma responsible for mundane experience of pain and pleasure - reverence to the elders - beginning of the Jaina era - free from possion; an epithet for an arhat - the peripatetic gods - pilgrimage - vibration; activities - a measure of distance equal to about eight or nine miles vandana varna vasana vedaniya-karma - elder vinaya Vira-nirvana vitaraga Vyantaravasi yatra yoga joyana 231 For Private And Personal Use Only

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