A
Aachaara
Conduct
- Aacharan
- Behavior;
- Enactment of undertaken vows from the perspective of doer-ship.
-
Aacharya
- Foremost religious guide or worthy preceptor, adept and accomplished in
the disciplines and doctrines, expounded by the Arihants [the Living
Absolutes]; Often a suffix for reverence.
Spiritual Master
- Dadashri used this term only for those who have attained the Self, and
are directing those who are in the process of progressing on the path of
Self-realization. They have yet to attain full omniscience.
- Aadesh
- Directive; Command; Consent
- Aadhar
- Support
- Aadhi
- Mental suffering or problems; Psychological pain
- Aadi
- The beginning; Origin
- Aagam
- (Agama, Aagama, Agamas); Scriptures of Jain religion.
- Canonical literature
- The knowledge or experience of the Self in the form of words of the
Gnani
- Aagaman
To come to
Aagnaa
Instructions
usually given by God or his Saint; Command
Commandments; Directives;
Instructions; Order; Dictate. Also used as Agna
Aagraha
The tendency
to do what has been internally decided; Force; Strict belief
Fanatic
belief; Insistence
Aahara
Nourishment,
food intake
Aakarsha
Desire, attraction
Aakashdravya
The element which gives space to all
Aakrosh
Anger; Verbal
abuse
To become angry
Aalochana
Recall;
Confession; Sensing.(Aalocana……in Sanskrit)
Heart-felt avowal or
confession of one’s guilt or misdeed before the Guru or God or the Self
within; Critical appraisal of one’s real self;
Critical self-examination.
Aanand
Bliss;
Permanent happiness. See sookh
Aanusangik
Progress
towards the Self
Aapta
Trustworthy;
One who assimilates the essence and propagates the true meaning;
Authentic
One who brings forth the essential meaning of the true nature of things,
once having known all the elements.
Aara
Rotation of
the Cosmic Time cycle. Infinite time has aeons or cycles, each with two eras:
(a) The Avasarpini- gradually regressive serpentine time round. (b) The
Utsarpini- gradually progressive serpentine time round. They follow each
other in succession. Each era is further divided into six periods or
‘Cosmic Rotations’ [Aaras]. Of these , we live in the Fifth Cosmic Rotation,
namely ‘Dusham’ of the Avsarpini. Of this 2600 years are over. In Mahavideh
Kshetra, there is eternally the Fourth Cosmic Rotation , namely
Dusham-Sushama. There is a permanent presence of the Tirthankaras at
Mahavideh.
Aaradhana
Devout
worship and devotion; Spiritual practice. To proceed with doubtless devotion
and energy.
Aarambha
Inception or
first flash of idea; Commencement; Beginning of any action; The work of
violence. All entry into the realm of the non-Self is violence. The first
internal entry into the process of the antahkaran, denoting the commencement
of an internal action which then follows as an act.
[ Note : This is all
through the "signature' of the doer ego ],
Aart
Repressive or
self-tormenting; Suffering (adjective).
Aartadhyana
Experiencing
worries or suffering without hurting or spilling over to any other living
entity.
The interest and focus or desire for something external to Self;
Worries associated with the sense of loss of that which is alien to the
Self.
In Dadashri's words this is a form of adverse meditation. Preoccupation
with those whom one is attached to is also arta dhyana
Aarati
Heart-pouring
in prayerful plea; Waving of lamps in Aarati symbolically suggests plea for
‘Pure Light’ within, dispelling the darkness of ignorance.
Lamp waving
ceremony, as one sings devotional hyms as offering of inner intent to a deity.
Aartta
Suffering
Aarya
The
best ( referring to the Lord Jineshwar, the one desirous of Moksh, and as well
as to all who reside in the Arya land). Those who wish to proceed in the path
of perfection from imperfection.
Aarya
aachar
Good actions or behaviors : Piety, Truth,
Forgiveness etc
.
Aarya desh
The best land
where one can mediate on the Self- Atma, and progress in Self-knowledge
Aarya
vichaar
Thoughts and
realization about the permanence of the soul and obstructing karmas
Aasakta
One with attachment
Aasakti
Strong
Attachment; Covetous cleavage; Weakness
Aascharya
Extraordinary
event
Aashram
Resting place
Aasrava,
Astrava
Influx;
Inflow
Obstruction from karmas that limit progress in knowledge. Inflow,
attraction of karmik particles.
Aastikya
One who is
absorbed in the teachings of the truly detached liberated great souls
Aatma
God within
the creature is known as Atma or Purush. The Real Self , or Soul ; also
denotes the Supreme Soul or Paramatma
The highest or true Self as
distinct from the conciousness or ego.
Aatmanubhava
Self realization;
Self enlightenment
Experiencing and realizing the Atma; Experience of the
Soul
Aatmanubhuti
Experience of the self by the Self
Aatmarthi
One who is
concerned only about the gain for the Atma
Aatmavaad
Addressing the Aatma or Soul
Aatmaveerya
Energy of the
Soul
Aatmic
Pertaining to
Soul
Aatyantik
Excessive
Final
Aavaran
Veil; Cover
curtain; Obscuration
Aavaraniya
Obscuring
Aayu
The Quantum
of Life or Vitality, not years; Karma fixing it is ‘Aayu Karma’
Aayu-karma
Life-span-determining karma
Aayus
Longevity
Abandh
Non-binding
activity; Absence of the inflow of Karmic Matter towards the Self
Abhaav
(abhava) No
feelings or attitude towards; No opinion, Non-existence; Negation;
Non-perception;
Abhavya
One who is
not likely to attain knowledge of the Soul and liberation called moksha.
One who is unlikely to attain moksha; Reprobate
Abhayadaan
To give
protection; literally means release from fear eg. Save animals;
Total
redemption
The state which incites no fear in any living being.
Abhayapada
Position from
which there is no fear of fall
Abhilaasha
Deepest desire
Abhudaya
Facilitation of worldly comforts; Prosperity or uplifting
in the relative world
Abhyantar
Inner
Abhyas
Study. A
regular practice. Discipline
Abudha
‘Simple and
Open’, being free from intellectualism; ‘Being’, sans intellect, is Abudhapad
Or the
state of Gnan in which the intellect does not arise at all. This is the state
of the Gnani.
Achetan
Inanimate or
Non-living; Devoid of Consciousness of the Self.
The other five
eternal elements namely, pudgal, dharmastikaya, adharmastikaya, akash, and
kaal. Otherwise known as the complex of the five eternal elements: matter,
inertia, motion, space and time.
Achit
Without life
or soul
Achyuta
Firm
Adeetha
tapa
Invisibility austerity; Invisible penance
Inner penance
Adharma
Religious
demerit; Activities not leading to Self or liberation. Unrighteousness
Adhikaran
Dependence
Adhikaran-kriya
Those acts
which promote and lead to dependence
'I am Chandulal' is the beginning of adhikaran kriya
Using
instruments of destruction;
Having weapons of hurtfulness
Adhishthaan
Substratum. Support
The Lord Hari from whom the world was born, within whom it exists and in
whom it finally ends
Basic foundation
In Dadshri's words, 'I am Chandulal' is the foundation of the world.
Adhista
Appropriate
Adho-loka
The lower
world; The home of infernal beings
Adhyaas
Superimposition; Delusion
To become that
which you believe your self to be.
Adhyakshan
Till now
Adhyatma
The study of
the Self; Relating to the Atma, the Soul; Science of Inner Vision
Adhyatmamarga
Path towards
the Atma; Inner effort to detach oneself from worldly bonds
The path that
leads to the Self
The path of liberation from worldly entanglements.
Advaita
Non-duality.
State of oneness with all. Philosophy that there is nothing more than one soul
or Brahma in the Universe; Monism
Advee
Indecorous
Aghati
Non-obscuring;
Aghati-karma
Effect of
‘deeds’, karmas that asserts on the mortal frame of a soul, without veiling or
obscuring the essential attributes of the pure Self. They are:
(a) Aayu
(b) Nama (c) Gotra and (d) Vedaniya
Aghatiya
Karmas that
generate embodiment and particular conditions thereof
Non-destructive karmas
Agiyarmu gunasthanak
Eleventh step on the path of liberation; State when all worldly attractions
are overcome
Overcoming all effects of greed leads to this state.
Agnaan
Also Agnana.
Knowledge not attended by the right belief
Ignorance; Also termed Ajnana.
Gnani's terminology; Ignorance of the Self. Any knowledge that is not leading
to the Self.
Ignorance
Wrong belief caused by ignorance of the
Self
Delusionary knowledge
'I am Chandulal' is agnan
Agnaani
One who is
living the worldly life; Sansari without any knowledge (experience) of
the Real; See Moodhhatma; One who sees this relative world as
Real.
Agni
Fire
Agni-kaayik
Fire-bodied
soul
Agopya
Evident; Not
concealed
Aguru-laghu
Neither heavy
nor light
Property of being dimensionless; That can not be described in
size
The Self.
Agurulaghutva
Equality of
status; Not under any pressure of deviation from the balance of the state of
the Self
Neither heavy nor light.
Aham
Ego
ego force.
'I am Chandulal' is ego.
'I am Chandulal' with force is aham
Ahamkar
Identification with one's ego
Ego (“I am Chandulal”).Also Ahamkar in
Hindi, Egoism when ego is in action. (“ I am The doer”)
Evolute of maya
Ahimsa
Non-harming;
Non-violence; Non-hurting any living being through body, mind and speech
also Ahinsa
Aisvarya
Opulence;
Spiritual powers
Divine powers, fortune
Powers that enlighten others as well.
Ajanma
Unborn;
Without birth
Ajiva
Inanimate;
lifeless
Non-self; Non-living; sub-divided into (i) Matter
(ii)
Space (iii) Time (iv) Dynamic Quality (Dharma) and (v) Static Quality
(Adharma).
Non-sentient entity; Insentient; Non-soul
Akaash
Space
Akarama
bhoomi
The land of enjoyment only and hence not conducive towards attainment of Self
realisation and moksha
Akarta
Non-doer
Akhuta
That which never finishes or empties
Akram
Without a
specific method or step or order
Akram
marg
Dadashri’s Stepless Path to Liberation; His science of Absolutism
Akram
vignan
Dadashri's step less path to liberation; Science of
Absolutism
Akshaya
Forever;
Eternal; That which can never be destroyed.
Alaukik
Grand;
Extraordinary; Godly; Beyond this world; Real
Alaukik
dharma
Exceptional and extraordinary path to the Real; Nontraditional or
non-customary religion.
Amar
Immortal
Amurta
Formless; That
which lacks appearance, touch, smell and substance; Invisible
Anaachaar
Sin;
Bad action; Failure of vow
Anaadi
Having no beginning
Anaadianant
Eternal;
Without a beginning or an an end
Anaahaari
One who does
not eat or drink
Anaatma
Non-Self ;
Inanimate things
Anakar
Formless;
Undetermined
Anand-swaroop
The State of
bliss
Anant
(ananta); Endless; Infinite
Anant
darshan
Absolute
infinite perception, enlightened vision
Anant
gnan
Absolute infinite knowledge; A synonym for kevalajnana
Kevala gyana;
Perfect Knowledge
Anantanubandhi kashayas
The
most intense type of passion which leads to infinite bondage and births
and obstructs Self Realization
Tenacious passions; passion that “pursue
from the limitless past”, preventing the attainment of samyak darshan,
right vision.
Anantcharitra
State
attained when all mohaniya karma ( the one that deludes the Self) is overcome
Anantkaaya
That which
contains innumerable lives
Anant
sukh
Infinite bliss
Ananya
bhaav
Pure (shuddha) open and eager bhaav; Matchless devotion
Ananya
sharan
Surrender with the highest devotion; Matchless surrender
Anarambha
Sinless; Innocent
The State of the Self
Anekaant
Accepting of
different views and perspectives in dharmas; Non-absolutism
Anekanta-vada
Doctrine of
non-absolutism
Philosophy accepting different views
Anindriya
Quasi-sense
Anna
Food
Annaniya
Agonistics
Antaratma
Inner Self
Antahskaran
(Also
Antahkarana). The inner organ , comprising of mun or manas( mind ),buddhi (
intellect or determinative faculty ), chitta or citta (function of two
components which are gnan and darshan ) and ahamkar ( ego ).
Internal
instrument such as mind, intellect, ego and the chit
The inner psychic
instrument; mental faculty, giving prompt response or reaction to anything
Composite form of mind, intellect, ego etc
Antaraaya
Hindrance
With reference to antaraya karma: that which limits the achievement of any
goals.
Obstructing karma
Karma that restricts the energy-quality of
the soul
Inflow of obstructive Karma
Antaradrashti
Sight into
Self
Antardhaan
To become
invisible; Invisibility
Antaratma
Inner soul
possessed of true knowledge; Interior self
The state of perceiving the
self within.
Antar-bhav
The state of
existence between death and birth
Antardaah
Inner
turmoil; Restlessness
Antardashaa
The inner
state; interim state.
Antardrishti
Introspection. Looking at the errors within.
Antargnan
Knowledge of
Soul
Antarmukha
Faced
within; Meditative
The vision of the enlightened self
Antarvrutti
Inner
activity
The tendency to revert to the bliss of the Self, only possible after Self
realisation.
Antaryaami
Inner witness
Indweller; The One who resides within.; The Supreme Lord; The Self.
Anu
Atom
Anubhav
Experience
Anubhuti
Experience
Anuchar
Servant; Care
giver
Anugaamin
Following
Anugrah
Grace; Piety;
Higher help.
Anukampa
Compassion
towards all suffering
Anumod
To support
Anusaar
Accordingly
Anushthan
Religious
activity
Anuvrata
Small vow;
Five minor vows against: violence, falsehood, stealing, carnality and
possessiveness
Apadhyana
Thinking ill
of others
Perverted meditation
Adverse meditaion, that which leads away from the Self.
Aparamaarthika
Emperical;
Not in the interest of the higher good.
Not conducive to salvation, freedom.
Aparigraha
Nonpossession
Apeksha
Expectation
Apkaya
Life forms or
jivas formed from water
Apramaadi
One who always strives to be aware of the Self
Constantly awakened to the state of the Atma
Apratibaddha
Without
attachment
Without bondage
Apta
Realised
Apta-vachana
Statement of
an authentic personality
Statement of the Self realised.
Apurva
Unprecedented
Apvada
Criticism;
Insult
Apvaada
Unusual, unique, non-traditional, exceptional; as in- Akram Path
Apvarga
Liberation;
Moksha
Arati
Displeasure
in regard to sense activities
Dissatisfaction
rati is pleasure
(cf: The lamp-waving ceremony = Aarti)
Arihant
The one
without Passion; The conqueror of all passions-kashaya;
Realized soul with
kevala jnana, absolute knowldge
Aropit
Existance at
false location, e.g. I am Chandulal
Aropitbhaav
Feeling of
existence, acceptance of this existence as real, e.g. I am Chandulal. Deluded
world view
Arpan
Surrender;
Offering
Artadhyaana
Mournful
meditation….does not cause harm to others. See Raudra-dhyana
Artha
Thing
perceived. See Paramartha
Arupi
Without form
Asakti
Mental
disability
Asamkhyata
Innumerable;
Countless
Asanga
Not
influenced; Without company
Asangapanu
No interest
in company except when concerned with the Atma
Asariri;
ashareeree
Free from
embodiment; A Siddha; The state of the Gnani
One not concerned with the
body; One who is established as the Self
Ashaata
Pain; Sorrow
Ashaatavedaniya
What causes
unpleasant feeling; pain-feeling; That which brings pain
The inflow of
pain bringing feeling
Ashubha
Unpleasant
Nonbeneficial; Paapa; Inauspicious or sinful (karma); See Shubha
Unwholesome
Asrava; Aashrava;
Aastrava
Influx of
Karmic matter into the nature of soul; Inflow, karmic
The attraction of
good or bad matter by the soul in virtue of its mental, verbal and physical
activity.
The thought-activity invites the karmic matter to the soul.
Astikaya
One with
substances from many different worlds
Astikya
Belief in
transmigration of the soul
Astitva
Existence;
the real basis; The true nature of anything
Atichaar
Faults (dosh) committed without intentions to commit
errors.
Atikraman
Aggression
through thoughts, speech or action.
Atindriya
Beyond the reach of senses
Atindriya-pratyaksa
Super-sensuous intuition
Atindriya
Sukh
Spiritual bliss
Atma
ramanta
To be
absorbed in the Self
Atma
sakshatkara
Self-realization.
Atmabodh
The Knowledge
of the Self
Atmadarshan
Vision of the Self
Atmadharma
Religion of
the Self
Atmadhyas
Experiencing the
Self.
Atmagnan
Knowledge of
the Self.
Atmagnani
The One who
has known the Self and is the Self.
Atmananda
The bliss of
the Self
Atmanishtha
Faith in the
Soul's inherent powers
Established in the qualities of the Self.
Atmanubhava
Experience of
Atma ; the experience of the Self;
Abiding in one’s own nature, the Self.
Atma-swaroop
The essential nature of the Self
Being the Self.
Atma-yoga
Attunement
with the Self
To join with the Self.
Atmayogeshwar
Ever attuned
to the Supereme, Absolute, Pure Self
The Enlightened Self
Atmayogi
One, for ever
in harmony with pure Self.
Aatmic
bhaav
Soul Consciousness
Atyantabhaav
Absolute
non-existence
Avadhaan
Display of
the ability to concentrate and attend to multiple activities simultaneously
Avadhi
Visual;
Clairvoyance
Avadhi
gnan
Transcendental knowledge of material substances; Knowledge of recognising
‘play of pudgal’ without the aid of physical senses; Knowledge of the
distant, non-sensible in time or space. Clairvoyance
Visual intuition
The third level of knowledge where one can know things beyond the
capability of the senses; clairvoyance
Avasarpini
Descending round;
Regressive half-cycle
Avasarpinikaal
The descending
stretch in the cycles of Time, when powers of all living things slowly
decline; lasts for 10 “kodakodi saagar;
Regressive half-cycle
Avastha
State of
things, state of events, state of feelings
Avasthit
Circumstantialised; Absorption of the self in a phase of life.
Having come under the snares of circumstances.
Avdhignan
Transcendental knowledge of material things
Knowledge of the nature of a
thing within the limitations of physical elements- Space,Time and Feeling
Avinashi
Eternal
Avinaya
Disrespect
Avirata
Vowlessness;
Non-renunciation; One who is without self-control.
Virati means to stop, from the perspective of the Self. Avirati means to be
continued in the meditation as the Self. In the non-Self world the above
meaning applies.
Avirati
Intense
attachment; Non abstinence; Non renunciation
Nonrestraint
The state of ignorance
Avivek
Discourteous;
Indiscriminate; Unable to decide between the truth and untruth, the
beneficial and the harmful
Avtar
Also Avatar.
Incarnation. Incarnation of God or Goddess into a human or animal form; To
enter into a body
Avyabaadha
Superiority
over joy and grief
Non-interferring
Without restriction or pain
The quality of the Self, which is beyond pleasure or pain, which does not
cause pain nor feels pain.
Avyakta
Unexplainable; Neutral
That which has not expressed. eg the Self in the one who believes 'I am
Chandulal', is avyakta.
Avyaya
That which never ages or disintegrates
Ayogipad
The highest
pinnacle of spiritual ascent: the last Guna-Sthana or the last stage of
spiritual evolution, when all the vibrations of mind, speech, body totally
stop. This too-brief stage makes the soul ‘Kevalin’
Ayu-karma
Karma that
determines the span of a given time; Longevity determining karma
B
Baahyabhav
External;
Worldly desires and emotions
Bahiratma
Exterior
self; Perception of the external as the Self
Bandha
Attracted
matter had actually become a part of our body, i.e., when it has become bound
to the soul as the body is already bound to it.
Bondage
Karmic bondage
The matter comes and binds the soul.
Bondage. Activity that binds the
self by karmic matter
Bandhan
The state
of bondage; Energy that brings about karmic influx
Bhaan
Awareness. Here, awareness of the Real. Dada also used the term Bhon
Bhaang
An
intoxicating drink
Bhaashya
Detailed
criticism (literary)
Bhaav
(Also
Bhava) Mental attitude. Feelings, Intention, actuality. The state that
distinguishes the Soul
Psychical factor
A word that is closest to
“emotion” or “wish” but has also part of the meanings of the words “result”,
“property”, “substance”
Belief;
Identification through feeling and thinking; Emotional existence; State of
feeling or thinking
State that distinguishes the Soul
Bhaav
himsa
Inner violence; "Charge " violence
Bhaav
karma
Charge karmas; Deed through the impact of one’s belief or state of thinking;
Bhaav
mana
Psychic mind. In Dadashri’s terminology all bhava is in the relative sphere
and is linked to
charging of karmas
Bhaav-abhava
Absence of
identification, with the consequential ‘discharge’; Perception of any
activity-‘charge’-as a passing phase.
Bhaavana
Mental
attitude. Contemplation
Here, an article, showing the path of
undifferentiated cognition of the ‘Self’, supporting practice
Meditation;
Contemplation
Bhaavarth
Meaning with
reference to internal feeling
Bhaavendriya
Sense, deep
inner intent, as a mode of the soul
Bhaavitavyataa
Destiny
Bhaavnindra
Delusion
resulting in attachment and abhorence (raag and dwesh)
'I am Chandulal' is bhaavnindra.
Bhaav
puja
The
internal aspect of a devotional practice
Bhaavsamadhi
Stillness of
the Atma being free from bhaavs
Bhaavshoonya
Without
bhaava
Bhadaran
A town in
India where Dadashri had his childhood and adulthood.
Bhagwan
The Lord
within. Prabhu; Paramatma- attributes to the Arihant or the Liberated Soul.
Bhagwan Mahavir Swami
The Twenty
fourth Tirthankara on this earth. The last One in the present Avsarpini Kaal,
decending time cycle.
Bhagwan
Rushabhdev or Rishabhdev
The First
Tirthankara, the Absolute Scientist; First sociologist, reformer,
administrator, agrituralist. He renounced the kingdom, entrusting the throne
to his eldest son, Bharat; First initiator of Tri-Mantras; also known as
‘Dada’ - Lord Adishwar
Bhajan
Religious
song in praise of God
Bhakta
Devotee
Bhakti
Devotion;
Self surrender in devout worship; Reverence
In Dada's terminology -- a) to
approach nearer and nearer to the Self
b) to follow as instructed by Gnana
Bharat
Son of Lord
Rishabdeva, the first chakravarti
Bharat
kshetra
See Jambu
Dwip; This world of ours
Bhasma
Ash
Bhav
Sansar
Realm of births
Bhavishya
Future
Bhavya
Worthy of
Liberation; soul that may attain moksha;
One who is capable of
attaining moksa
Bhavya
Likely to
attain moksh
Bhaya
Fear
Bhed
Disjunction;
Difference
Bhed gnan
The knowledge
that separates the Self and the non-Self;
Bhed
Vignani
The one who
knows and is able to separate the Self and the non-Self.
Akram Vignani Dadashri.
Gnani Purush Dadashri.
Bhoga
Enjoyment
Bhoga-bhumi
Realm of
enjoyment; Land of enjoyment
Bhoot
Past. see
Bhavishya and vartman
Bhraant
purushartha
Deluded activities
without realizing the Self. without becoming a ‘Purush’ (Self). Egocentric
activities
Bhraanti
Delusion
Illusion; Wrong belief; Ignorance
Bhratuhari
Name of a
great yogi and King who realized the Self through painful life
experiences.
Bhuta
As in
panch mahabhuta These are five elements - Space,
Air, Fire, Water, Earth
Bija
Seed. Root
Bodha
Sacred teachings
Knowledge
Brahmaa
One of the
demi-gods- the creator of the Universe
Brahmaswarup
Oneness with Brahman , the Self; God-realised
Self realised
Brahmaand
Universe
Brahmachaari
Celibate; One
who has reached the tenth level of Spiritual path of
enlightenment....goonsthanak.
Brahmacharya
The state of freedom from all aspects of
sexuality, through thoughts, speech and acts. The State of
the Self.
Other definitions:
A life of Celibacy and chastity, devoted to the attainment of the Self.
To delve in the Self
Control of sexual energy. State of life of
learning and purity
Brahman
Absolute; the
Self
Brahmanishtha
Residing as
the Self
Brahmanna
Ignorance and
illusion
Brahmin
A person
belonging to one of the four classes of the Hindu Society, expected to be
performing and in the pursuit of religion, spiritual practices, scriptural
study etc
Buddhi
Vivid
determination; Intellect; Knowledge
Intelligence; The determinative
faculty of the mind which makes decisions; Rationalizing faculty of
mind, which shows profit and loss in the worldly affairs.
C
Chaitanya
Pure
consciousness;
Life behind that which appears alive.
Chaitanya
swaroop
The State of
the Self
Chaitanyaghan
One filled with
virtues of absolute knowledge
Chakravarti
King of
Kings; Lord of six continents; Supreme lords
Chakshurdarshana
Undifferentiated cognition conditional upon the eye
Visual perception
Visually evident; what can be seen by the eyes
Eye-intuition
Charam
shareer
Super-fine
and lustrous body
The last body that the Atma has before liberating to
moksha, final liberation into siddha state
Charan
Feet. (see
Soocharan)
Charitra
Character;
Irreproachable moral conduct
Right conduct
There are two types of conduct, the worldly or the non-Self and the Self.
Charitramoha
Deluded
conduct
That conduct of the non-Self that remains after the Self has
separated. It is, as Dadashri says, ‘Discharge moha’. The awakened one
within is free from the illusion, and hence it is called charitra moha,
discharge moha. As opposed to the delusion of the worldly being whose moha is
called darshan moha because he beleives that he is Chandulal and this is
happening to him.
Character-deluding; Which deludes the right conduct
Charitra-mohaniya
Conduct
deluding(karma)
What deludes the right conduct
For the mahatmas of Dadashri this is applicable to the non-Self, and hence
will discharge and not delude any more beyond the discharge.
Charnavinda
Lotus feet
Of the Gnani liberator.
Chaturgati
The four worlds of
existence within which the soul migrates: god or deva, human form, existence
in hell and existence as a beast or plant
Chaturindriya
Four-sensed
(touch, taste,smell and sight)
Chaud
loka
Fourteen Cosmic Planes
Chetan
Life or
living element; the Self; Pure; Unalloyed consciousness
Chetantatva
Along with
Amrutatva, is a common attribute of the class of substance, or group of
attributes, called Soul. Consciousness
Chha kaya
Six bodies or forms
of life - earthly, water, fire, vegetative, air and tras (with senses and
feelings)
Chhadmastha
Soul which is
still covered with karmas; One that has not achieved omniscience or Keval Gnan
A being involved in the world
Chinta
Discursive
thought; Worries
Chit
The
subtlest part of inner organ which takes exact pictures, visualizes inside
without help of any external things; Roving tendency or faculty of mind; Also
citta, the function of the inner organ antahskaran which has properties of
Gnan (knowledge) and darshan (view)
Reflective and roving tendency or
faculty of mind is chitvrutti.
Atma in the state of knowledge
Consciousness
Chit
vruti
Prediliction or tendency to seek pleasure in non-Self (worldly
pleasures)
Chovihaar
Renouncement of
four substances at night: Khadya - food, Svaadhya - taste producing substances
such as mint etc., Lehya - one that may be licked and Peya - drink, even water
Chovisi
Succession of
twenty four Tirthankars in one era of Time-cycle, putting succintly
‘Score-and-Four’
D
Daal
Lentils
Daan
Charity;
Beneficence; Alms giving
Beneficence, charity
Daata
Bestower
Dahivada
An Indian
dish of dumplings dipped in yogurt.
Darshan
Vision. Direct experience of spiritual energies
and forces.
Seeing; A view or an audience; State of Oneness of
the perceiver and the perceived; Right Belief
View, may be external
(Mithya, bahya, worldly) or internal (Samyak, antar, enlightened)
To
see; To become evident from the senses or directly from the perspective of
the Self without the need for thought or imagination.
The sight or
beholding of the deity or holy person with reverence or devotion
Darshan
kriya
Urges for
visual gratification
Infatuated desire to see a pleasing form
The term kriya here applies in the relative realm only.
Darshan
moha
An
infatuated state when one loses one’s real identity in the object; ‘Charge
Moha’
Delusion of attitude or vision
That which makes one forget the
Self
Attitude-deluding or belief-deluding
Viewing the world as, 'I am Chandulal' and 'this is my world'.
Darshan
mohaniya
One that
attracts and deludes the self. Maya
Right-belief-deluding karmic matter
Attitude-deluding or belief-deluding (karma)
View-deluding karma
Darshanavaran
Intuition-covering (karma)
That which veils the right vision. The right vision is the vision of the
Self.
Darshanavaraniya
Perception-obscuring karmas
That restricts realization of the Self.
Deha
Body
Dehadhyas
Superimposition of the physique and the physical over the Self.
The
belief that “I am the body” or “I am Chandulal”
Derasar
Jain Temple
The temple of the tirthankaras.
Deshana
Immortal
utterances of the Absolute or the Arihants; Divination
Instruction
The words that liberate for ever.
Dev gati
see ‘Gati’;
Gati: migration of the Self into different states of existence
Dev loka
A cosmic
plane where Celestial beings live. They are capable of changing forms,
visiting other planes etc.
Abode of demi-gods
Deva
Deities
Heavenly beings; Ultimate divinity
The Celestial Beings
(Lit.,
shinning ones) Divine Beings. Devis, female. Celestial beings
Devadhidev
God of
gods; The Supreme Lord
Dharma
Religion;
Righteousness; Moral or social duty and law; Code of ethical conduct; What
leads to prosperity and emancipation; Religious merit;
Self-identify; The Principle of Motion. Real religion of the Self.
The inner(innate) property of a thing, which governs its growth. See
goona or guna, religion, morality (in worldly sense)
duty; that which
liberates us from the dukkha of the world and leads to true joy of the Atma
Attribute
Dharmadhyaan
Analytical
meditation; Virtuous concentration;
Absence of adverse meditative states of inner or outer violence, arta or
raudra dhyana through attainment of right vision
[Dada explains: When someone throws a stone at
you and you get hurt, that person is just a nimit and whatever happened is a
result of fruition of your own past karmas, this awareness is
dharmadhyaan.]
Dharmastikaya
That
which supports living creatures, just as water supports fish
The eternal element that stills a living entity in space. Inertia as
opposed to motion.
Dhoti
White
cotton or linen garment wrapped around the waist and tucked in.
Dhravya
Physical
substance which exists externally
Substance which undergoes
modifications but which by nature, is imperishable
External;
Eternal element. There are six such elements. Matter, space, motion,
inertia, time and the Self.
Dhravya
himsa
Violence manifest through thoughts, speech or
action
Dhun
Repeated singing of the Lord's name
Dhyana
Conciousness without thought. Contemplation; Meditation; Constant Vision
Concentration-internal austerity. Meditation
Dhyata
Meditator
Digambar
A Sect of
Jainism, lit. ‘sky-clad’ or ‘naked’, implying: nothing that is non-self
merits owning
Sky-clad; name of the Jaina sect whose mendicants practice
ascetic nudity
Dadashri's term for a digambar is the one who is as vast and naked
as the sky, the Self.
Diksha
Initiation
unto monkhood
Dadashri: The awakening of the Self after infinite lifetimes of slumber,
the separation from the notion that 'I am this body'.
Divyachakshu
Divine eyes
through which one ‘sees’ the relative and the Real as separate
Drashta
Witness;
Seer
Drashti
The process of perception, vision
Drashtipher
The change
of vision or view e.g. from ‘I am this body’ to ‘I am pure Soul’
Drashya
Objective
world; External object
Drashti
raag
Exclusive attachment to a particular view-point; monomania
Dravyakarma
Effect karmas; Karmas which obstruct knowledge- there 8
types
Dravyakriya
Pseudo-action
Dravyamun
Physical
mind; Mind-quality substance
Effective mind
Dravya
puja
Form of worship employing external objects
Dukha
Suffering
or pain
Durlabh
Not
attained; Attained only after taking pains
Not easily attained.
Dusama
Privation;
Unhappy
Dusham
kaal
The Fifth epoch [Ara], according to the Jain Chronology. The current times
of crises and calamities, vices and woes
Also called Kaliyug
Dvaita
Dual;
Duality
Dweendriya
Two-sensed
(touch and taste)
Dwesh
Hatred in
the pleasing and displeasing worldly objects of the five senses; Aversion;
Abhorrence. A situation arising out of ignorance of the Self. See
raag.
E
Eeshwara
(see Ishwar) Pure
nature
God
Ekaant
One-sided; Taking only one aspect of a many-sided thing e.g. Man is mortal and
immortal regarded from the point of view of body only.
Ekaantik
Single-minded; Single visioned
Viewing anything from a persistent focused
perspective to the exclusion of other views
Ekagrata
One pointed ness. Concentrating on one thing at a
time.
Ekavtaari
One more life
Ekendriya
A being with
only one (namely, the tactile) sense faculty; a synonym for sthavar
One-sense creature
F
Farajiat
Compulsory,
no choice, also known as Prarabdha, according Dadashri
Fariyaad
Complaint
G
Galan
Discharge;
Disintegrating; Excretion or output . See puran and pudgal
Fission;
Dissociation; Throwing out
Ganadhar
Chief
disciple or apostle of the Tirthankar
Direct disciple of the Tirthankaras'
Supporters of the order, i.e., the first mendicant disciples of a Tirthankara
Garbha
Conception.
The womb
Gati
Migration of
the Self into different states of existence: viz (i) Deva Gati - that of
celestial beings, (ii) Narka Gati - that of hellish denizens,
(iii) Manushya Gati - that of human beings and (iv) Tiryanch Gati - that of
non-human beings, like birds, animals, insects, plants etc
Birth; Destiny
Condition of existence
Gautam
Swami
A Brahmin scholar who became the first and the formost disciple, ganadhar of
Bhagwan Mahavir Swami; main compiler and editor of his Divinations; Fully
self-realized; Incidentally he was a Vidhyadhar, named ‘Vegavan’ in Mahavideh
Kshetra in his third previous life. His other names were Indrabhuti or Goyama
Ghaati
karma
Destructive karma; That which veils or obscures the essential nature of the
pure Self, and so called ‘Ghati’ or destructive: There are four such : (a)
Gnanavaraniya that restricts knowledge of the Real (b) Darshanavaraniya that
restricts vision of the Real(c) Mohaniya that are delusive and cause
attractions and finally (d) Antaraya that limit the achivement of any
goals of liberation.
Ghee
Clarified
butter
Gnaat
Knowing;
Knowledgeable (as in Gnat-putra)
Gnaata
The Knower or
the seer (i.e. The Self).
The Observer is the Seer
The Knower is the Gnaata.
Gnaata-drashta
The Knower
-The Seer
Gnaatpita
Giver of the
ultimate knowledge
Father of Knowledge, The Gnani Purush.
Gnaatputra
Receiver of the
ultimate knowledge
Gnan
Knowledge.
Here knowledge of the Self or the Real (also Gnana, Gyana ,Gyan, Jyana;); Real
Knowledge; Self-realisation; Discriminating knowledge; Conciousness
Gnan agni
The fire of
Knowledge
Gnan
avaran
Veiling of knowledge
Gnan
drashti
The view
through knowledge, also known as Gnan darshan
Gnanpralaya
State of
Ultimate realization
Gnan
prayog
Effort of the Gnani…here the highest effort of the Gnani; see Gnan Vidhi
Gnanshakti
Power of
knowledge; Energy of the Self
Gnan
vidhi
Exclusive for Akram Vignan..see Gnan Prayog. This is the “process” of 48
minutes wherein the Gnani graces the seeker and imparts the Knowledge of the
Self….see Bhed Gnan
see Gnan Vidhi
Gnanaavaran; gnanaavaraniya
Knowledge-obscuring or knowledge-covering
Gnani
One in total Self-realization; The Absolute
One who has realised the Self. Also syn., Jnani or Gyani
The Self State.
Gnani
Purush
One who has realized the Self and is able to do the same for others.
Gnanupayoga
Cultivation
of knowledge; Being in the Self
Aware; Application of awareness of the
Self
Focused awareness of the Self on the non-Self.
Gnanyoga
Internal spiritual activity
To join with the Self through knowledge
Gneya
Substances that are appropriate to know
also Jneya; The object to be known
(i.e. the Non-Self)
Goona
Qualities
born of nature. Also guna in Hindi
Quality(of substance) ; Attributes;
Elements or energies
Goonathaanu
Also
Goonasthana. Stages of spiritual development
Gotra
Status-determining; Family surroundings
Gotra
karma
That which destines the family surrounding, rank etc. through one’s birth
Status-determining karmas
Karmas that determine environmental
circumstances
Karmas that bring forth gurutva-lagutva
Grahan
Cognition
Attainment of the status of ‘Pure-Self’; Realisation of the Self
Receiving; Grasping, opposite of Tyaga
Grantha
Book
Granthi
Knot of
intense attachment or repulsion. Knot of delusion.
Gruhasthi
Householder;
Devout follower who still runs a normal household
Guna
Qualities
born of nature.....(also Goona); Attributes
Quality or trait. There are
three: Rajas--active; Tamas--passive and Sattvas-- the balance of Rajas and
Tamas
Gunasthaan
Stage of
Spiritual development;
Stage of spiritual enlightenment; there are 14 such
stages, each higher in range of gunas or virtues that are attained by the
vyavahaar atma (spiritual seeker) following the Right (samyak) path
That
which is intrinsic and stays with each dravya...as compared with
paryaya...which is the changing aspect of dravya
Guru
Master;
Preceptor
'The dispeller of ignorance'. A guide. A realised perceptor who
can guide the sincere.
The term guru is reserved only for the relative world in Akram Vignan. The
Gnani who is eternally detached from the thoughts, speech and act is no one's
guru. He is the liberator and giver of moksha.
Gurukilli
The
Master-key for a Guru (a spiritual guide)
That which will prevent a worldly guru from sinking.
Gurupurnima
Ashadhi
Purnima - a holy festival-Disciples pay homage to their Guru, spiritual master
Full Moon
Gurutta,
gurutva
Largeness;
Heaviness
Guruttam
The most
heavy and high; Topmost
Dadashri defines guruttam as that which destroys all spiritual efforts. It
leads one into the snares of worldly entanglements. It denotes the desire and
inner efforts with consequent display of superiority and or the exercise of
control and mastery over fellow human beings. Desirable as it might be in
worldly progress, it represents a major obstacle on the path of liberation.
See laghuttam...which is the opposite of guruttam
H
Hari
The Self; He
who removes all obstacles
Himsa;
hinsa
Violence; Injury; Harming;
I
Icchhaa
Desire.
Iccha
shakti
The power of desire. The shakti or energy of
desire
Indriya
An organ of
sense, sense organ; Organs of perception and action
Indriyagamya
One that can
be known by the senses
Indriya-pratyaksa
Knowledge
born of 5 senses; Sensuous direct cognition
Sensory perception
Ishwar
(also Isvara;
Eeshwara); God
God., with attributes , saguna. The Absolute or
the Supreme Self , is without attributes , nirguna., Brahman.
Pure nature
Ishwar
anugraha
The grace of
God
J
Jaagruti
Awareness
Jaati
karma
The variety of naama-karma that determines one’s specific destiny
Jaati-smaran gnan
Knowledge of
one’s previous lives
Jada
Insentient.
Inert.
Physical body without conciousness.
Matter devoid of chetan, life.
Jadataa
Denseness;
Ignorance
Jagat
World. 'That
which is always going'
Jain
One who
studies the science of the Jinas or worship the Jinas, the Tirtahankaras
Jainism
A faith that
preaches the path of Self-realisation and liberation through the conquest of
the foes to the attainment of the pure Self.
Jalebi
A sweet dish
- swirl shaped batter fried and soaked in syrup
Jal-kaayik
Water-bodied
Jambudwip
As per
‘cosmology’ by the Omni-scient Absolutes , the Universe [Cosmos] is, in shape,
comparable to a symmetrically built man, in whose extremities are hellish
worlds; central portion encloses the animal and human worlds; breast, neck and
head are composed of the celestial worlds. Above these worlds of gods, there
is ‘Siddh-Sheeta’. It is the central abode of the Liberated Souls, who are
ever radiant and in Bliss, free from all attachment or sorrow and suffering.
In shape, it can be likened to a canopy concave below and convex above.
Now the universe, as described above, has Mount Meru in the centre around
which runs the first continent Jambudwip- The Jambu Island, as it surrounded
by the Lavana Samudra[Ocean]. In Jambu-dwip, there are 15 planes, inhabited by
human beings. They are ‘Karma-Bhumi’, offering scope of liberation to the
inhabitants through endeavour and effort. These fifteen planes are : 5
Mahavideh Kshetras + 5 Airavat Kshetras + 5 Bharat Kshetras.
We belong to Bharat Kshetra.
Our earth, including India, is Arya-Khanda, a subdivision of Bharat Kshetra
Janak
Also known as
Janak Videhi , an Indian king : an account of his Self realization
can be found in the Ashtavakra Gita.
Janma
Birth
Japa(Jup)
Incantation
Repetition of some invocation or God’s name
literally , 'muttering ',
but as an abbreviated form of nama-jap it means repetition of the name
of God. See mantra Repetition of some invocation or God’s name
Jai Sat
Chit Anand ( Western world), Jai Sacchidanand (Gujarati)
Glory to
Truth, Bliss and Joy Eternal-The attributes of Pureself
Sat=
Eternal Chit=
Awareness Anand= Bliss
SatChit= eternal awareness
Jai= glory, greeting of the glory to the ...
The Awareness Of The Eternal Is Bliss
Jeev
(also Jiva).
The incarnated Atma. Worldly souls having bodies; Embodied souls; Atma;
Essence of life
Soul; Individual self
Sentient entity; Living, Soul;
Individual soul; Living creature.
The one who lives and dies
Jeevatma
The worldly nature of soul. Individual conciousness.
Jeevaastikaaya
Atma capable
of true knowledge and realization; One that can exist in all the different
realms
Jeevanmukti
Liberated
while still in the body. Freedom from worldly life while living.
State of
embodied freedom; Embodied beings free from bondage
Emancipation during
life; Self Realisation
One who is liberated while still alive. Synonymous
with Videhi. This is the first stage of Moksh that Dadashri's
Akram Vignan represents.
Jeevsattaa
Inherent
power of a Jiva, sentient being
Jhokham
Danger
Jignaashaa
Inquisitiveness; Curiosity; Enquiry
Jignashu
Inquisitive
person
Jina
Victor over love
and hate (raag and dvesh); One who has realized the Self.
Spiritual
victor, a synonym for a Tirthankara
Literally ‘the victor’; One who has
attained omniscience
Jinendra
(also Jineshwar); The fully realised one. The enlightened one. Tirthankara
The Supreme Soul, Arihant, who has triumphed over all the foes to the Pure
Self,’Liberation Incarnate.’ [The Supreme Soul, who has controlled his sense
and ‘subjects’, and conquered all the passions and foes to the Pure Self.]
Jin-mudra
Posture of
meditation of a Jina. Usually sitting in padhmasana withthe palm of the
right hand resting on the palm of the left.
Jivaatma
(Jiva)
Embodied Soul
Individual soul.; Living creature; ‘Charged’ self, a bound
soul;
Jivan
mukta
One who experiences liberation in this very birth
Embodied beings free
from bondage
Emancipation during life; State of embodied freedom
One who is liberated while still alive
Syn. with Videhi.
This is the first stage of Moksh that Dada talks about
Jivaatma
dasha
A state of the worldly being who identifies himself with the body
Jup
Also Jap, Japa, literally 'muttering', but as an abbreviated
form of nama-jap. It means
repetition of the
name of God. See mantra. Repetition of some invocation or Gods'
name.
K
Kaal
Period of
existence of substance; Time
Kaaran
Primal Cause
Kaaran
Sharira
Causal body
[Dada explains: A new subtle body created (in Agnanta) in process of
discharging of past karmas. This will become a Kaarya (effective body;
discharging) sharir for the next life upon death. This is how life cycle
continues from birth to birth.]
Kaarmana
sharira
The
transmigrating body of karmic matter
The essential body that is covered
with knowledge obstructing karma
Kaarya
Effect; Work
Kaarya
sarira
Effective body
[see Kaaran sharira]
Kaaya
Activity of
the body
Extended entity; Movement of body
Kaayotsarga
To focus away
from the body and to the Soul; meditate on the Self
Abandoning
attachment to the body and contemplating on the Real Self; initial spiritual
practice for any devine help, also known as ‘Kausagg’
Abandonment of the
body, a standing or sitting posture of meditation
Dadashri: To arise and remain above the thoughts, speech and acts.
Kadaagraha
Dogma
Kadhee
Soup made
with chickpea flour, yogurt and spices, common in Gujarat
Kaivalya
The State of
Omniscience or Absolutism
Pure knowledge
Kali-yug
The current
time cycle also known as doosham kaal , characterized by a progressive decline
in spiritual knowledge and, consequently, the degeneration of human
civilization.
Kalpanaa
Imagination
Kalpit
Imagined
Kalush
Sin
Kalyaan
Realization;.
The state of one who has received Agnas in the path of Moksha
Kalyaanak
Auspicious
moments
Kalyaanmurti
The one who liberates others
Karma
Actions operating
through the law of "cause" and "effect"
Incomprehensible activity of life
There are three principal meanings :
(1)
action,
(2) consequences of actions,
(3) destiny :
In Dada's
terminology all action of current life is karmaphal- fruits of karma, and not
karma. Activity in the material world , which always entangles one in some
reaction , whether good or bad.
Deeds which leave the causes [Deed; causes
of any doing].
Action that covers the soul and prevents realization
Karmabhoomi
Land of
spiritual effort where mankind exist, engage in commerce and are subject to
accumulation and discharge of karma; the world suitable for achieving true
knowledge and liberation
Karmaphal
Fruition of
karmas charged from past life
The fruits; Result; Discharge ; Of action
Karma-vignan
Activity
conciousness; The subjective mind
The scientific experiential knowledge of karma
Karma-yoga
External
spiritual activity; Attainment of the Self through action
Karmendriya
Motor organs;
Organs of action
Karmi
A person who
has to go through the results of his previous karmas
Kartaa
Doer
Karunaa
Compassion. Piety
Karunya
Compassion
Kashaaya
Hidden
desires. Passions (Anger, false pride, deceit, greed) that obstruct right
knowledge and behavior; that extend karma and involvement in the world;
Self-binding mental tendencies: anger, deceit, pride and greed
Keertan
Glorification
of God; Singing in praise of God
Kevali
Absolute One;
Pure and perfect
Autonomous
Keval
Darshan
The Absolute;
Undifferentiated Cognition
Perfect intuition
Perception associated
with Keval gnan
Keval
Gnan
Pure and perfect knowledge
The Omni-Science, Absolutism; Omniscient
knowledge
Knowledge isolated from karmic obstruction; Infinite knowledge;
Omniscience; Knowledge involving awareness of every existent in all its
qualities
Ultimate True and Complete Knowlege; Tantamount to attainment
of moksha
Kevali
Absolutely
alone
One who has attained kevalgnana, a synonym for Arhat
One in the
State of Omniscience or Absolutism
Khatpatiaa Vitarag
Free from all
attachments except for the design of showing others the path of liberation
Practical, shrewd detached Gnani
Khichadee
A simple rice
and lentil dish
Kirtan
Singing the
glorification of the Supreme Lord, here, the Self
Krama
Order;
Sequential order
Kramic
Step-by-step;
Orderly . See Akram
Krishna
Incarnation,
The Voice of The Gita, Symbolically the cosmic consciousness of the Pure Self,
A Salakha Purush, Incarnation of Vishnu,’ Vaasudev’, A Gnani Purush.
Kriya
Urge, any
action of thought, speech or body. Activity
Kriyasakti
Power of
action
Krodha
Anger
Krupa
Grace
Kshaayik
bhava
The
mental state attained by destroying karma, such as kevalagyana and
kevaladarshan
Kshaayik
charitra
Character
attained by destroying deluding karmas; A state of stillness.
This is attained in Akram Vignan through the following of Dadashri's Five
Agnas.
Kshaayik
samkit
The state of fully annihilated passions; The one whose passions (Kashays) are
fully destroyed;
Initial experience of the ultimate; Truth after
destroying all passions
In Akram Vignan the Self that is attained, in the Gnan Vidhi, is synonymous
with this level of spiritual attainment.
Kshaayik samyakdarshan
The knowledge and
clarity of vision reached in the absence of the seven natures of karma
Right belief is samyak darshan in Akram Vignan.
I am pure Self, is right belief
The State within Dadashri's five Agnas is this darshan.
Kshaayopashmik samkit
Union with
True knowledge; Continuous and consistent realization of the same
That which arises and subsides. The worldly kashayas
have not been annihilated yet.
Kshana
Moment
Kshanik
Momentary
Kshatriya
Member
of warrior caste.
Dadashri defines the kshatriya
trait as the one who is not indecisive, and this is very helpful in matters of
progress in the path towards enlightenment.
Kshaya
Total
dissociation and distruction
Kshetra
Territory
Cosmic plane. See Jambudwip
Kshmaa
Forgiveness;
Mercy
Kudrati
Naturally or
automatically occuring
Kuguru
A bad guru
who does not have knowledge of the soul
Dadashri defines this as the one who will take you away from the path of
liberation.
Kundalini
Yogic power,
this has no relationship in the Science of Self Realization ..Primordial
cosmic energy located in the individual.
Kundilini-chakra
Mystical
centers of psychic energy
Kundkundacharya
Highly
revered, self realized Digambar Acharya [About 100 A.D.]. Author of many
scriptures, throwing light on the essence of and evolution of Pure Self,’ A
‘Parinamvadi’.[ A Digambara Acharya, a ‘Parinamvadi’ philosopher whose
Samayasara, Niyamsara, Pravachanasara are the authority of the Digambaras (1st
or 5th Century A.D.)]
Kupaatra
Undeserving; Bad
character;
- ..
L
Labdhi
Sentient
potential
Powers gained by the destruction of veeryantraaya karma that
saps strength; destruction of the coverings of sruta-gyaan
Laghuttam
Most humble
The Lowliest and Lighest in the Relative being; Ego-less;
Laksana
Characteristic
Laksh
Awareness
Laukik
Mundane; Of
this world, Relative
Laukik
dharma
Traditional or Relative Religion
Laukik
drashti
Worldly
viewpoint; Common viewpoint
Laxmi
Goddess of
wealth and prosperity.
Laya
Dissolution
Lepaaymaan
The state of being covered
Linga
Gender
Lobha
Greed
Lok
That supports all
substances; a world
Worlds or planes of existence. Inhabited by
intelligent beings.
Lokottar
dharma
See ' Alaukik Dharma'
Loksanghnya
To adopt the view of the worldly folks
Lonch
A ceremony of
hair plucking
M
Maan
Sense of
self-esteem; Conceit or pride
False sense of entitlement for the relative self, seeking validation,
seeking appreciation. Any obstruction to such inner drive results in
anger.
Maaya
That power
which creates and maintains the universe's apparent diversity or to put it in
other words, that which causes the One to appear as many. Vedantic definition.
Dadashri: Ignorance of the Self; The force that pulls one
towards the physical and mental senses; The cosmic illusion on account
of which the relative appears as real.
Fascination for transitory objects
out of ignorance or illusion.
Deceit as one of the four kashayas, eg, anger, pride, deceit, greed. Maya
operates through deception. It deceives the self.
Maayik
sukh
Illusive worldly happiness
Madhya-lok
Middle of
terrestrial world
Madhyama
Intermediate
Mahatma
The one who has
received the Gnan of Dadashri and is following the Agnas of Dadashri the Gnani
Purush.
Mahavideh
A special
world from where souls can attain final moksh through darshan of existing
Tirthankara
Mahavir-jayanti
Birth
anniversary of Lord Mahavir
Maha-vrat
Great vow;
Sadhu’s vows are known as mahaa-vrat
The five great vows of a mendicant
Austere Vows of a Renouncer
(see Anuvrat)
Mahi
Within
Mahimaa
Huge body
Maitree
Friendship; Having
no dislike or hate for anyone or anything in the world
Mamata
Attachment
with a sense of ‘mine’.
The natural consequence of the sense 'I am Chandulal' is 'my'.
Manah-paryaya(gnan)
Intuition of
mental modes
Psychic mode; Telepathy; Mind-reading
Intuition of the
modes of other minds;
Direct awareness of thought forms of others without
the aid of mind or senses
Transcendental knowledge of the thought and
feelings of others, occuring without the medium of physical senses
Direct
awareness of what thoughts are going on in the mind of other person before
echo is heard in one's inner instrument(antahkaran)
Mana
The empirical mind
Manan
Probing;
Thought; Mind
The faculty of the inner organ , antahkaran , sometimes
translated as "mind" ; which is the substrate for all thoughts
Manodravya
Matter
constituting mind; Mind substance
Manojanya
Born of mind
Mantra
Sacred
invocation; Transcendental chant that soothes and purifies mind
The sacred
formula used in jap , or repetition of God's name; Sacred words given to
a disciple by a guru ; See Trimantra.
The formula that holds the mind in one state
Holy litany
Words
that can effect the devas or gods; words to meditate on; secret conversation
Manushya
Living beings
with manas….mind. Humans
Manushya-gati
Human destiny
Marg
Path
Marjeeyaat
Freewill,
Purushaarth
Mataarthee
Lack of freedom
from passions; Lack of inner detachment
The one bound by one's own opinions and judgements.
Mati(gnan)
Sensory
knowledge; Perceptual knowledge
A form of Knowledge acquired through sense
perceptions
Mind-based knowledge; Sensuous knowledge
Knowledge
gathered through the senses and the mind
Empirical knowledge
Mishra
chetan
Blending of consciousness, of the Self and the non-Self; Partially pure,
partially non-pure sensation
Mithyaa
(sruta)
Contrary to
one's nature
Vitiated; Perverted; False; Deluded
Mithyaa
darshan
Wrong belief,
synonymous with mithyadrsti and mithyatva
Sceptical deluded view
Deluded world view
Perverse attitude
'I am Chandulal' is mithya darshan.
Mithyaa
drashti
One who has
no awareness of the atma
Incorrect view of reality, the first
gunasthana
A person of perverted attitude; wrong view ; Perverted vision
The vision of Chandulal.
Mithyaa
gnan
Perverted knowledge; Wrong assessment of values; Delusion; Nescience; Wrong
cognition
The knowledge of Chandulal.
Mithyaatva
Wrong faith;
misbelief
Wrongness; Perverted attitude; Perversity; Predilection for the
untruth
Perversion
Illusion or the non-real taken as the Real; False
belief e.g. I am Chandulal.
Lack of insight; synonymous with mithyadarshan
and mithyadrsti; Vision deluding
The worldly wanderings of Chandulal.
Moha
Infatuation
Delusion; False belief
Attraction, that makes the atma crazy…forgets
self and other…gets one focussed on an external object
Attraction arising out of lack of awareness of the Self.
Mohaniya
Deluding
Mohaniya
karma
Karma that are delusive and cause attractions.
Deluding karma; Karma that
prevents the true perception of reality and the purity of the soul; karma that
defiles the bliss-quality of the soul
Out of the 8 types of karma, this is
the most powerful - it makes the atma forget itself
This is the one which prevents Self-realization.
Moksha
Ultimate
spiritual liberation from material bondage. Ultimate salvation or liberation
from the fetters of maya
Emancipation; release
Liberation of the soul
from karmas, from the cycle of birth and death; Salvation; Freedom
Emancipation from the cycle of birth and death; the total separation of
Soul from the bondage of all matter
Dadashri's moksha is in 2 stages. First here, while living in this body.
Second, to be free from reentry into another body.
Mokshamarg
The path of
salvation; The path to moksha (samyak darshan, gyaan and charitra form the
mokshamaarg)
In Akram Vignan the path to liberation is AtmaGnan-followed by the
ratnatraya mentioned above.
Moodhatma
One who sees
this relative world as real.
Moodh-drashti
Ignorance; Beliefs
not discriminating between true and false
Zero awareness of the Self.
Moorchha-bhaav
Desire or
attachment for something external or belonging to another
The one who is lost in passion in the unaware state.
Mouna
silence, Vow of silence.
Dadashri defines mouna, silence as all words which lead
to the Self.
Mukta
The liberated
Soul
Mukti
Liberation
from the cycle of births and deaths
Release; Emancipation; Freedom .
(Opp., of bandhan)
Mula;
muda
Origin; Root; Base
Mumukshata
Intense
desire to know the Self; Intense desire to be free……see Jignasha
Meditation to achieve only moksha
Mumukshu
One who
desires to achieve moksha; Spiritual aspirant; Seeker of Liberation
Mun
Thinking
organ
(also Mana); The faculty of the inner organ, antahkaran, something
translated as "mind", which
is the substrate for all thoughts
Muni
General word
for Mendicant, Sage, Saint; Sadhu
Murchha
Delusion
Murtatva
Materiality
Murta
All that is
perceived in the relative world. See Amurta.
Murti
Image of
deity installed in a temple for worship
Idol;
N
Naam-karma
Physique-determining karma; Body making karma
Karma that determines
destinies and body types
That which offers individual diversities to a
Jiva
Naarayan
Real Self;
God; The fully Realized Self
Lord; Sri Krishna
Naimittic
Instrumental;
Causal support
Namarupa
Name and
form; The nature of the world
Namaskaar
Obeisance;
Bow with reverence
To close all passions and let go of the ego, by bowing to the Self within
all. Internal namaskaar of the Self realized.
Napumsaka
Hermaphroditic
Nar
Relative self
Narak
gati
The world of infernal beings; Hellish
Navapada
Nine ideals -
Arihant, Siddha, Achaarya, Upaadhyaya, Sadhu, Samyak darshana, Samyak gyaan,
Samyak chaaritra, and Tapas
Navatattva
Nine
essences: Jiva -life, Ajiva - non-life, Aasrav - obstruction by karma, Bandh -
bindings, Sanvar - , Nirjaraa - release of karmas , Moksha - liberation,
Paap - sin and Punya - meritorious deeds
Navkaar
mantra
The
most respected and central mantra of the Jains: Namo Arihantanam
Namo
Siddhanam, Namo Aayariyanam, Namo Uvajjhayanam and Namo Loyesavvasahunam;
these are salutations to the five great benefactors
also Namokar
Mantra….Nine lines of the highest obeisance to those who are or have been in
the path of the ‘Real’
Obeisance to Panch Parmeshti
Naya
Philosophical
standpoint
Guide; Viewpoint; Areas of knowledge covering one aspect. There
are two broad nayas in Jainism - Dravyaarthik and Paryaayaarthik, other nayas
are encompassed within these two
Neti-neti
"This is not
that, This is not that"; Negating all names and forms in order to arrive at
the eternal underlying truth
Dadashri states that this is the final conclusion of Vedanta.
Nekee
Honesty
Niddidhyasan
Deep
concentration to become 'One";. To be ‘Self’ absorbed
Varying levels of contemplation of that which one wants to become...eg
Gnani's niddidhyasan commences by visualising His face and this progresses to
the final niddidhyasan, His state.
Nigam
Relative
knowledge of world
Nigod
Body
containing countless jeeva or lives
A class of infitesimal, imperceptible
dormant beings awaking from apathy and starting spiritual evolution, to
replace the liberated being.
The lowest form of life
Nihsankita
Freedom from
doubt
Nikaachit
Unalterable
on account of the nature of the karma
Nikaachit-karma
Karma which
cannot be lightened or burned by tapas (eg. sankraman, udeerna, utkarshan,
apkarshan etc.), this karma arises invariably at its appointed time
Nikshep
The different
ways of putting a thing ; Linguistic analysis
Nimit
Instrument;
Supporting cause
Niraagi
Unattached
Viraag is the same
Vitarag is higher , absolutely detached.
Niranjan
Free of fault
and karma
Nirgranth
One who has
overcome desires and attractions; The unbound, the one devoid of all passions.
Nirgun
Without
attributes
Nirjaraa
Slow
dissolution or separation of karma from atma, self.
Annihilatin of Karmas,
‘Discharge’
Purging of Karmas, ‘Discharge’
Dissociation of karmas
Nirleyp
Without any coverings or tendency to adhere to any karmas
Nirmal
Pure
Nirvaana
Liberation of
atma; moksha; Fully enlightment. No further births. Emancipation
Release from bondage; The final death of an enlightened human being
[arhat] followed immediately by moksha
Nirvaan-bhumi
The place at
which a Tirthankara attained nirvana
The place where an arihant exists.
Nirveda
To be detached from
worldliness or samsaar
Dadashri: The state which is free from physical perception of pain,
the state of knower of pain.
Nirvikaari
Pure;
immutable
Without any sexual inclinations of any kind, in the relative world.
Nirvikalp
Freedom
from I-ness or My-ness;. Without any vikalp. In Dadashri's Language , "I
am the body" idea, "I am Chandulal " is vikalp." I am Shuddhatma " , is
nirvikalp. See sankalp.
To behold the formless; Still mental state;
Release from imaginations
State of total realization
Nirvikalp samaadhi
The highest
realisation where only the undisturbed bliss of God (Aatma) is experienced
Experience of Atma all the time while doing all the duties of life.
Being free from "I-ness" and "My-ness"
The state of bliss of the Self that prevails in adhi, vyadhi and upadhi is
nirvikalp samadhi according to Dadashri
Nischaya
Determination; Here, ‘The Real’, Pure Alertness on the Path to Liberation
Consideration
The State of The Self.
Nischetan-chetan
Inert
conciousness
Lifeless life. True life is the awareness of the Self.
The charged batteries of thoughts, speech and acts.
Nishkaama
Without
passion
Desirelessness
Nishpruha
Without any inner reaching out tendency, in any direction.
Nishthaapurvak
With a firm determination
Nitya
Eternal,
unchanging.
Nivritti
Cessation of mental tendencies. A life of having no
physical things as followed by Sanyasis
Opposite of Pravritti
To be done, as after Gnan.
Niyam
Restraint of
mind. Ethical rules
Activity in accordance with resolve, or rule
Niyati
Spatial
limitation; Rule; Fate;
Order of destiny
Nokarma
Neutral
karmas; Non-charging karmas.
O
Om
The Sacred
syllable, representing ‘Panch Parmeshti’
Atma;. The Self; Most
sacred word. It is a symbol of both the personal God, Ishwara and the
Absolute . Sign as ?
The sacred syllable representing ‘Panch
Parmeshti’(Five Supreme Souls in or almost in perfect self-realisation:
Arihant, Siddha, Acharya, Upadhyay and Sadhu). The external sound of the Real
Oopsarg
see Upsarga
P
Paap
Harmful karma ;
Unwholesome karmas
Demerit; Sin;
Malfiecence or evil deed
Bad consequences of bad acts. See punya . In
Dadashri's language, any suffering caused to others is paap and any
relief offered to others is poonya
Paapanubandhi paap
Bad deeds
which lead to even more bad deeds
Paapanubandhi punya
Good deeds
which lead to bad deeds
Paarshvanaath
The 23rd Tirthankar
Paatrataa
Spiritual
readiness
Padaartha
Substance
Padmaasan
A kind of
posture ( asana of sitting cross-legged)
Padukaa
Footwear
Panch
parmeshti
Five great
Soul categories in or almost in Perfect Self-Realisation viz. Arihant, Sidha,
Acharya, Upadhyay and Sadhu.
Panchbhutas
Earth, water,
fire, wind and space
Panchendriya
Five-sensed
(touch, taste,smell, sight and hearing)
Pantha
Path;
Congregation; Following
Papsthanak
The situations which create
further bondage in current life.
Para
Other;
Supreme; Ultimate
Dadashri: Swa is opposite of para. Swa is the Self. Para is the non-Self.
In worldly terms para is that which is beyond the worldly self, and that is
The Self.
Paraakram
Real, human
endeavour
Tremendous inner spiritual effort after Gnan
Para-dravya
The being,
location, time, or state, respectively, of other objects
Param
Supreme;
Absolute
Paramhansa
Highest state of ascetic renunciation
The One who continuously remains aware of the Self and
the non-Self.
Param
Jyoti
Impersonal effulgence emanating from ‘the absolutely enlightened Self, 'Dada
Bhagwan' within; God, The Lord Within.
Param
sataa
Ultimate truth; Atma; Ultimate Knowledge
Param
satsang
Meeting with
atmas in a much higher state than one’s own
Param
vinaya
Absolute humility; Egoless state
Paramaanandi
The One whose
bliss is eternal
Paramaarth
Ultimate
perception; Absolute perception
That which is for the salvation of others.
Paramaarth samkit
Enkindling or
awakening of the Self by the grace of a Gnani Purush
Paramaatma
The highest
state of the Soul
Paramdhaam
Highest, most
auspicious location; Extremely bright; heavenly
The siddha state.
Parampad
Moksha
Parninda
Speaking ill
of others
Parbhaav
The emotion
emanating from pardharma
The state of the non-Self, the worldly state.
Pardharma
Foreign religion;
In the context of the atma, the dharmas of the material world are pardharma
Pardravya
That which is separate from the Self
Parigraha
Attachment to
material objects; Acquisitive and accumulative behavior; Greed ;
Possessiveness; Possession
Parinaam
Transformation; Change(as function of time); result
Parinamin
Changing
Pariniti
The current state. It could be either the non-Self or the
Self.
Parishaha
Internally induced
suffering; Afflictions ; Suffering or trouble. There are 22
different kinds of suffering according to the Jain scriptures. See Oopsarg
That which arises within and remains within, causing pain to the relative
self.
Parivartan
Change :
Dravya parivartan = change of material clusterts
Bhav parivartan = change of realms of birth
Kshetra parivartan = change of space units
Bhaav parivartan = change of state of the soul
Kaala parivartan = change of time units
Parmaanand
Eternal
bliss; Supreme bliss
Parmaanu
Atom; Smallest
particle of matter; Subatomic particle
Extra-fine (Sushma-Sushma);
Elementary; Self-existing particle of matter; Smaller than even an atom.
Parmaartha
Absolute
reality; The highest viewpoint, which includes all points
Parmaarthika
Transcendental; That which benefits all
Parmaatma
Transcendental self
It is human soul; which on complete purification from
matter attains to the level of divine perfection
The Supreme Self; The
Fully realized Self
Parmaatmadasha
The state of
the Fully Enlightened One
Paroksha
Indirect
Indirect perception, accomplished through the senses, inference, etc.
This contrasts with pratyakash which means direct.
Paroksha
gnan
Mediate knowledge; Indirect knowledge
Par-samay
Absorption in the Non-Self substances or circumstances
Parsatta
Under the
domain of the non-Self.
Prevalence and power of the Non-self.
Domain
of the Non-Self
Partantra
Dependent
Parvashtaa
The state of
being dependant on external situations or circumstances
Paryaaya
Modes or
states; Phases
Mutation or modifications
Changing state of
things
Paryant
Till
Paudgalika
Material
Pita
Yellow
Pitaamber
Yellow silken
garment
Praayaschitta
Repentance of
transgressions
Expiation – internal austerity
Prabada
associated with super strength or energy
Prabhu
Manifested
form; Another name for God
Pragat
Manifest;
present
Pragnaa
True wisdom.
A higher mode of knowing
Reasoning ;intelligence; Enlightened,
pure intellect.
(Also Prajna) Consciousness; Awareness;
The force of The Self, that leads to final and absolute Self realization.
.
Prakaash
Light…..here
the light of Knowledge
Prakruti
(also
Prakriti); Materialised nature. Original nature of
mind and matter in the Samkhya doctrine; Types of karma
Nature; Principle
of matter
Primordial nature; The material substratum . Everything
except the Self .Causal matter ; also called Shakti . See Purush
Pralaya
Period of rest;
End; Destroy; Destruction
Demanifestation; Complete merging ; Dissolution
Pramaada
Negligence;
Apathy
Disrespect towards dharma, laziness and passions are aspects of
pramaad
Unmindfulness; Spiritual inertia; Carelessness
Non-activisim;
Quiescence
Spiritual laziness
Pramaan
True knowledge;
That which understands something from all aspects
Prana-pratishtha
Life-emplacing. Techniques to manifest "life"
within an object.
Prarabdha
In course of
fruition; fructifying (karma); Destiny…..see Farjiat
All activities of
thoughts, speech and action in this life falls under prarabdha
Praschyataap
Sincere
regrets; .Reversal of aggression created through thoughts, speech or action
Prashasta
Moha
Affinity worth-adoring; A welcome spell of fascination
Pratibandh
To be stopped
by attraction to extraneous objects; Hindrance
Pratigna
Vow
Pratikraman
Apology for
the transgression of normality; Begging pardon of the one embittered or
aggrieved; Apology coupled with the remorse of any wrong doing; to propitiate
the embittered soul.
Reversal of aggresssion created through thoughts,
speech or action. Apology coupled with the remorse of any wrong doing, to
propitiate the embittered soul
To repent for sins committed
Ritualized
confession
[ Two kinds, Dhravya pratikraman and Bhaav
pratikraman]
Dadashri's pratikraman has three components: alochana,
pratikraman and pratyakhyan.
Pratishthaa
Ceremonious
installation of an idol; To instill something more into.....
To give 'life' to
Pratishthit Atma
Relative or
charged self, established in and endowed for the present round of life
Pratiti
Conviction
Prativasudeva
Rivals of the
Lords
Pratyaakhyaan
Decision not
to do again
Giving up of material objects; detachment
Sincere pledge
of never slipping into the error or misdeed, once committed;
Determination of the self.Renunciation of certain foods; one of the six
aavasyakas; Avowal not to repeat .See Pratikraman Vidhi
Pratyaksha
Visible
before the eyes
Direct; immediate
Direct perception; Innate knowledge,
see also immediate knowledge;
One with whom direct communication is possible. Present
Pratyaksh
gnan
Direct knowledge
Pratyeka
Individual;
solitary
Pravrtti
Volitional
activity; merits and demerits born of volitional activity; Practice
Prayog
Application.
Effort…..see Gnan prayog
Prem
Divine love
., unconditional , unchanging ( Of the Self , For the Self ).
Prerna
Inspire
Preta
Devils
Prithvkaayik
Earth-bodied
Pudgal
Inanimate objects
that have the properties of form, essence, touch and smell; Cosmo-flux
of Non-Self matter; That which undergoes modifications by associations
and dissociations. [Puran (filling) plus Galan (emptying) = Pudgal];
Integrating and disintegrating of the Non-Self matter]; Matter; The physical
body; Cosmic flux for the sole function of puran- intake and galan -
output
Pujaa
Act of
worship or adoration; Ritual and prayer offered at home or temple
Worship;
Offering flowres, applying sandal-wood paste etc.,
Pujaari
One who
officiates worship to God in a temple
Pujya
Worthy of
worship
Punarjanam
Rebirth;
previous births
Pundit
A man
well-versed in scriptures
Punya
Virtuous
Merit accumulated from good acts. See paap. Which represents the opposite;
Virtuous (karma); Good, meritorious deed
Punyaanubandhi paap
Bad deeds
which lead to good deeds
Punyaanubandhi punya
Good deeds
which lead to more and greater good deeds
Puran
Intake;
Charge; Causes .See galan and pudgal; see ‘Pudgal’
Fusion;
Combination; Filling in
Purangalan
Influx and release of atoms; Intake and output
Purna
Perfect
Full ; Complete; Infinite
Purnatva
The state of
being complete, full.
Purush
The term is
variously used to mean Pure Soul
Absolute Self; Immutable
Also Purusa . The Self which abides in all living beings; Self-Realised
Soul
Purushaarth
Freewill
endeavour for Liberation, after initial Self-realization….see Marjeeyat
Endeavour for Liberation, after Self-Realisation
Pure-Self-Oriented
efforts
Purva
Previous;
Past; Earlier literature
- A group of fourteen Jain canonical text, now extinct
Q
R
Raag
Also Rag ..
Attachment; Liking; A situation arising out of ignorance of the
Self.; See dwesh
Desire; Passion; Attachment; Infatuation
Raag-Dwesh
Attachment
& Abhorrence or Aversion
Raajeepo
Joy; Happiness
Raatri-bhojana
Eating at
night
Rachnaa
Creation
Rajchandra, Shrimad
Fully
realised Soul; A great poet, mystic, Shatavadhani, ‘Kripalu Dev’. He
emphasised the indispensibililty of a Gyani for Self-Realisation;
enlightened Mahatma Gandhiji on many religious matters
Rama
Incarnation
of the Lord; A model for the Real amidst the Relatives; Son of King
Dashrath; married to Sita, conquered Ravan of Lanka; An ideal Ruler;
received the knowledge of the Self from sage Vashistha.
-
-
Ratnatraya
The three
jewel: right faith or insight, right knowledge, right conduct
Raudra
Oppressive;
Tyrannical; Inflicting pain on others; Scary; Horrifying
Raudradhyaana
Evil
meditation of four types - hinsanand, mrushaanand, choryanand and
vishayasanrakshaanand which sees pleasure in violence, untruth, theft and
greed respectively; this leads to hell
Meditation on the perverse
pleasure of causing injury to others; wrathful meditation
[Dada explains: Even a thought of depriving someone
of happiness (even if it is not actually carried out) is
raudradhyaana]
Riddhis
Supernatural powers
Rishabhdev
The first
Tirthankara - great teacher Also known as Aadinaath or Aadam
Rishi
Sages one
with great spiritual powers; Srimad describes Rishi as of four types - Raj,
Brahma, Dev and Param - Raj has great worldly powers, Brahma even greater,
Dev is godly and Param is one with Kevala Gyana or perfect knowledge,
fully liberated
Roonaanubandha
Inter-action or mutual pull causal upon the subtle bond of the deeds of
pre-births
Interaction due to the subtle bond of past deeds
Roopee
Formed; Substance that has appearance, color, smell and
touch
Ruchi
Predilection
Rupa
- Outward appearance. Material form; Body; Form
Rupak
That which
comes into a concrete existence
S
Saadhaka
Spiritual
aspirant
Saadhana
Spiritual
practice; discipline for Spiritual progress
Saadhu
One who
perseveres to attain the state of the Self; Monk
A Sage, A Monk devoted
to the Self-Realisation. Saadhu (male); Saadhvi (female). Mendicants
One who has known the Self and continues to do so.
Saakar
Having
form; personal
Saakshaatkaara
State of
realization
Saamaayik
Aperiod of
two ghadis (24 minutes each) to stay in a calm, meditative state with samtaa
bhaav
Maintaining equanimity for a set period of time; Initiatory
admission
A Jain ritual of Purificatory worship of 48 minutes, thrice a
day
Attaining equanimity; fusion with the true Self.
Taking a vow to
devote so much time everyday, once, twice or three times, at sunrise,
sunset, and noon for contemplation of the self for spiritual advancement
Desisting from harmful activities
Saanidhya
To be
together; Very close to
Saata
vedniya
Karma which
brings worldly joys to the soul
Sachchidanand
Truth,
conciousness and bliss
Bliss of the Alert Pure Self; also separated in
three words : Sat-Chit-Anand (Eternal-Awareness-Bliss)
Sadeh
With body
Sadguno
Virtues
Sadguru
Senior
ascetic
The highest master' usually the one who liberates
Sahaj
Spontaneity. Shaktis spontaneously created. Naturalness
Sahajanandi
Joyful by
nature; The bliss which is effortless
Sahajta
Associated with the natural
Sajeevan
Living; The Awakened One
Sajeevan
moorti
Great soul
in human form
Salaakaa
Token
Samaadhi
The state
of superconciousness where Absolutness is experienced attended with
all-knowledge and joy.
One-ness with the Pureself; Undisturbed by any
external non-self reaction
Samaadhi
maran
Death in
peace and with awareness; Blissful death
Death while in meditation of
the Self
Samaarambha
The process of
agreement of internal evidences like buddhi, intellect
Implementing the
idea into action
Preparation for a thing, i.e. collecting materials for
it.
[ Also see Samrambha and Aarambha ]
Samarpan
Total
surrender ., offering.
Samasta
Entire
Samata
Absolute
sameness
Samaya
Time-point
Smallest division of Time Moment
Sambhaave Nikaal
To settle
with equanimity
Fourth of the five Divine Dictates of Dada Bhagvan,
asking the Mahatma to deal with any circumstances and situations,
favourable or otherwise, with a mind calm and composed, free of any
hindrance or conflicts
Samdrashti
"Equal
vision". Seeing all things as equalNeutral viewpoint; Even attitude towards
friend or foe, joy or sorrow, respect or criticism;
Samiti
To commence any
activity with due attention to not violating any creature
Samkit
Blessed
state of the Self-realisation and Equanimity. Synonymous with Samyak or
Samyaktva; True path; Samyak darshan
Three vows or goals : 1)Upshama
samkit- dedicated' faultless' doubtless following the guru or the
enlightened one (2) Kshaayik samkit-initial exoerience of the
ultimate Truth after destroying all passions' and (3) Kshaayopashmik
samkit-union with True knowledge, continuous and consistent realization
of the same
Samkitdhaari
The one who
has attained right view-vision-belief
Sampurna
Complete;
full
Samrambha
The origin of an idea
[ Also
see Aarambha and Samaarambha ]
Samsaar
(also
Sansaar) The wheel or ocean of life and death. Cycle of transmigration
Cycle of birth and death
The worldly life; Mundane affairs;
Perpetuation of worldly life; Mundane affairs; ‘I-My’-sense.
Samskaara
A mental impression produced by past experiences,
mental or behavioural patterns.
Predisposition; Trace
Coefficients of conciousness
Samvara
Blocking the influx (flow) of karmic matter into the nature of
soul
Inhibition
To close the doors
to incoming karma inhibition
Blocking the influx(flow) of karmic matter
into the nature of soul
Spiritual path; the stoppage of karmic influx
The stoppage of inflow of karmic matter into the soul
Stoppage of
karmic inflow
Samvatsari
Annual holy
day when Jains pray repentance for all sins through the year
Samveg
The bhaav
of detachment
Fear of worldly existence,see also dread of worldly
existence
Samyak
Authentic;
The Right and Real
Samyak
chaaritra
Enlightened
conduct; Proper conduct
Right conduct
Samyak
darshan
Enlightened
world-view; Near perfect enlightened world view
Right vision
Right
faith Right attitiude; Predilection for truth; Enlightnment; Spiritual
vision
Correct view of reality; True spiritual insight; Faith in the
teachings
Samyak
drsti
A Self with
discriminative knowledge
Right vision
The fourth gunasthaana, in
which one attains samyak-darsana
Samyak
gnan
Enlightened knowledge
Right knowledge Right cognition
Correct
knowledge; Knowledge associated with samyak-darsana
Samyaktva
Authenticity Near perfect enlightened world view.
Equipoise; Equanimity;
A Detached but Alert State of Mind
Sanaatan
Permanent;
From time immemorial; Eternal
Sanchita
Stored
Sangha
Community
The Saint’s brotherhoods
Sangi
kriya
Interactive activity with another living being
e.g sexual relations
Sangmeshwar Bhagwaan
The highest
manifestatin of Godself, One in All and All in one-where all the deities and
divinities mingle in one Single Incarnation; The one who accepted by all
religions
Sankalan
Synthetic
judgement
Sankalp
"This is
mine ". See vikalp and nirvikalp. My-ness
Sankhyaa
Number
Sannyaas
The liberation
from "I am this body" idea and identity according to Dada
Event;
Renunciation of the world and its attachments; The fourth and last stage
of life
Sansaar
The worldly
life where the soul wanders; Surrounding worlds
Sansaari
The one who
lives and dies relating to worldly affairs
Sansaran
maarg
Path of
Spiritual Evolution, starting from the entry of a Jiva (sentient being) in
Vyavahar (interactive life state) raashi from Nigod (dormant state of
Apathy), ending with Liberation
Sanskaar
Also
Samskaras .. Innate tendencies
.
Sansthapit
Firmly established
Sanyog
Circumstance; Assimilation of evidences. Also sanjog. See viyog
Sapaksa
Homologous
instance
Saral
Simple
Sargan
Charge
Sarira
Body
Sarvadarshi
All
intuiting; One with complete vision
Sarvagna
All
Knowing. The Gnani Purush……see Sarvadarsi
An omniscient being; a synonym
for kevalin
Sarvotkrushta
Maximal
from all aspects; Most excellent
Sastra
(also
Shastra) Scripture
The teachings of a Vitaraagi (liberated from
passions)
Sat
Existence;
Being; Absolute. Self . Above Satya and Asatya
Sat
Purush
Self-realised; Absolute Soul
.
Satchitanand
It is a
combination of the words Sat (being), Chit(conciousness) and
Ananda (bliss).Emphasizes the unmanifest aspect of the Absolute. It
is perceived as being real, while the phenomenal universe as unreal and
illusory.
Existence absolute (Sat), Knowledge absolute (Chit), Bliss absolute
(Anand)
Truth,conciousness and bliss
The three
characteristics of Brahman( The Self): being, conciousness and bliss
Satsang
The company
of the Self
That brings forth and brings interest in the truth; Meeting
of people seeking the truth
Meeting for Religious Discourse and
Enlilghtenment
The company of those who have had vision of Sat
Satta
Existence;
Domain.
Satya
Truth; The principle of balance or righteousness
Sat-Yug
The first
of the Four Ages, characterised by virtue, wisdom, happiness and morality,
according the Hindu Mythology
Shaashan Dev-Devis
Guardian
spirits
Reigning and Protecting Gods and Goddesses
Shabdaarth
Literal
meaning of a word. See bhaavarth and paramaarth.
Shakti
Power;
Energy
Shaktivant
Filled with energy
Shalaka
Purush
Literally
most worthy and adorable person; They are 63 Shalaka Purush in each ‘score
and four’. They are 24 Tirthankars, 12 Sovereign Kings, 9 Vasudevas, 9
Baldev and 9 Prativasudev.
The 24 Tirthankars + 12 Chakravartis + 9 Vasudevas + 9
Prativasudevas + 9 Balbhadras are the 63 great personages
Shankar
Lord Shiva;
Dynamic, Auspicious Energy; Annihilator of the Illusory world
Shankit
Doubtful
Shanti
Peace.
Tranquility
Shastra
Compendium or collection of knowledge
Shastrakaaros
Those who
rely on and preach through scriptures
Shataavedaniya
Pleasure, feeling that which brings pleasure; Expense of
pleasure
An epithet
or respect for a merchant or a rich person.
Shibir
Camp; Here,
Get-together of the Seekers for the spiritual enlightenment
Shishya
Disciple
Shiva; Shiv
The Self
Shraavak
One who
listens to the knowledgeable one; Devout follower
A Jain house-holder;
Etymologically it means one who listens, unbiased; One who has faith
(Shra), Humility (Va), Pure Pursuit (Ka); Shravak (male) Shravaki (female).
A Layman; a synonym for upasaka and sramanopasaka
Shraddha
Faith
Shraman
Sadhu; Muni; Monk
Shree
An
attribute, showing reverence and beatitude
Shreni
The long path or
steps towards liberation; Steps that overcome the 21 animal instincts
Shrenik
King of
Magadh who was a great follower of Lord Mahavir and lived in the same period
Shri
Simandhar Swami
Tirthankar
Bhagavan traversing at present Mahavideh Kshetra; Current Arihant
Shruta
Scriptural
cognition
Shruta
gnan
A form of knowledge acquired by reading scriptures,knowledge based on the
ability to intrpret signs, words, writing, gestures, etc.
Knowledge from
memory; literate knowledge
Scriptural or verbal knowledge; Articulate
knowledge; Knowledge derived from instruction and reasoning
Shruti
Revelation
Shubh
Beneficial;
Auspicious; Punya
Shubh upyog
Emotion or
bhava free of passions; Worship of Vitaraagi (one free from passions);
Charity, compassion, self-control etc. are shubha or auspicious
Shuddha
The
perfectly pure
Shuddha
parinati
State (existence) of pure, passionless
modification manifested in the abscence of 'Charitra moha' karma
Shuddha
upyog
Activities
of the atma that are free of love or hate; The state of Equanimity
Untinged with any kind of passion and engaged in experiencing the bliss
of the Self
Shuddhatma
Pure Self
Shuddhi
Purification; Purity
Shuddhi
karan
The process of internal purification
Shukla
dhyaan
Constant
awareness that " I am Shuddhatma"
The state of
natural meditation of the Self
The relative meanings are:
Meditation by pure motives; White(pure) meditation
Dadashri defines
Shukla Dhyaan as the state of the Soul wherein there is natural observation
of all that comes in front of the Self; The Knower-Seer state
Shushka
gnan
That knowledge which does not produce any
Spiritual results
Shushka
gnani
One who
cannot discriminate, superficial knowledge limited only to expression
Shushupti
The state of dreamless sleep in which
distinctions between knower and known are abolished.
Siddha
Atma that
is free from all 8 major karmas; liberated
A liberated soul; a kevalin
freed from all activities whatsoever
Liberated soul
The Realized
Soul
Siddha
dasha
Culmination of Spiritual accomplishment
Siddha-gati
The destiny
of the Siddha
Siddha-loka
The
permanent abode of the Siddha; a synonym for isat-pragbhara-bhumi
Siddhanta
Doctrine
Siddhi
Magical or
spiritual power for the control of self, others and other forces of nature
Yogic power miraculous powers attained by yoga. There are 8 such -
Animaa, Mahimaa, Garimaa, Laghimaa, Praapti, Praakamya, Ishitva,
Vashitva; Consummation of knowledge Supernatural powers
Smarana
Recollection
Smrti
Recollection
Past experiences of many previous lives
Creative
instinctive incipient memory
Memory (Smriti….sanskrit
Sohum
The
affirmation 'I am He ' or ‘I am That’.
Soocharan
The feet of
the Gnani . This is the only place where ego is dissolved. There is no other
way or place to dissolve the ego. Holy feet…. The place that represents
surrender
Sookshma
Subtle
Fine (body) uncuttable and all pervasive
Sookshmatam
Subtler
Sookshmatar
Subtlest
Spandan
Vibrations
Sparsha
Touch;
Contact
Spashta
Obvious
Sramana
A non-vedic
mendicant, usually a Jaina or a Buddhist
Sthaavar
Immobile
beings, such as plants immobile, with bodies having one sense
Sthanakvasi
Dwellers in
halls; Name of a Jaina sect whose members do not worship in temples
Sthira
Steady
(circulation of blood, bile, etc)
Sthitapragna
Perfect
balance of mind. One established in Spiritual Wisdom
The Sage of steady
wisdom
Sthula
Gross or
apparent; Readily apparent; Physical
Sunya
Devoid of
intrinsic reality
Sunyata
Negation of
duality
Sutra
Aphoristic
mode of presentation; The canonical scriptures
Sva
Self
Svaadhyaaya
Study-internal austerity; Study of the Self
Svaartha
For self;
Selfishness
Exploit of the Real self
Svanubhav
Experiencing one’s own atma
Svabhaav
Character;
disposition
Own nature
The state that distinguishes the Soul
Svachhanda
To act by own
wishes out of arrogance
Svadharma
One’s duty;
Atma’s duty
Ethical rules applying to oneself
Svadravya
One’s atma
which has endless properties or gunas and forms
Sva-Par
Self-Non Self
Sva-paraakram
Pure-Self
oriented exploit
Sva-purushaartha
Effort related to
Self only
Svarup
True nature
of things
Form. Real form or Real nature; The Self.
Sva-samaya
Shuddhatma;
Seeing oneself
Incessant identification with the Pureself
The time
of the Self
Svasatta
The realm
of the Self ; Own regime; Own kingdom
Svatantra
Independent; Free
The state
of freedom
Sva
upyog
Activities
of the atma
Svetaambara
White
(cotton) clad; name of Jaina sect whose mendicants wear white garments
Swarg
Heaven
Swaroop
(see Svarup
)Real form or Real nature; The Self
Swaroop
Sanyog
The event
of being absorbed in the Self
Syaadvaad
Vision of
Relative Pluralism; The doctrine of qualified assertion philosophy of seven
standpoints of the Jains; Relativity
T
Tadaakar
Absorbed;
Concentrating; of the same form
Tadaatmaya
Oneness;
Concentration
Tadroop
Absorbed in
a substance
Taijasa
Luminous;
Electric body; Electric of mundane souls which always accompanies them
Taijasa-sarira
Heat body
Tama
Darkness
Tamas
Inertia or
sluggishness. One of the three gunas, satva, rajas, tamas. The Self is above
these gunas
The principle of inertia in the Samkhya doctrine
Tan
Body
Tankotkirnavat
Immiscible
Tanmayakar
The state
of being absorbed in body, mind or speech
Tapa
Austerity;
Penance. One of the four pillars of the state of the partially
Realized. Gnan, Darshan and Charitra are the other three; Repentance;
Remorse
Control of the senses; Control of desires
Purification
actions
Tapasyaa
Austerities
for attaining liberation
Tattva
Element ;
Essence ; Principle
Essence; central meaning
[ there six eternal
tattvas:
]
Tattva buddhi
Real
buddhi; Samyak buddhi
Tattva
gnan
Knowledge of the essence; Knowledge of the truth
Tattvaartha
Category of
Truth
Teevra
gnaandasha
State of
knowledge greatly focused on the Atma
Teevra
mumukshata
Accentuated and constant desire to achieve moksh and to be
free of worldly attachments
Tejokaayaa
Fire bodies
Tirobhaava
To be
covered
Tirtha
Ford;
Ford founders rule
(i) Place of Pilgrimage (ii) Association of
Aspirants. (ii) dharma; Place of piligrimage; Place of liberation;
Congregation of sadhus and shravaks the path of Jaina practice; The monastic
order
Tirthankar
Preacher of
true dharma; Founder of a teertha; One who with kevala gyaan; The
Omni-Science Manifest; The Absolute; The Arihant; Builders of the
ford; The omniscient spiritual teachers of the Jainas Founder of religion
(ford-founder).
Tiryancha
Subhuman beings
Animal and
plant life
Trailokya
Three
worlds
Trasa
The two, three,
four and five sensed beings are known as tras
Mobile beings
Trividh
taap
Threefold suffering namely of Adhi, Vyadhi and Upadhi
Tyaga
Renunciation through the medium of the ego; Renunciatin or abnegatin, in
Absence of the Self-realisation; Non-attainment of the Pure Self
U
Udaseen
Indifferent
Udaseenta
Apathy;
mental indolence
Equanimity; Peace; Detachment
Udaya
Coming into
effect; Arising; rise (eg. of karma , or the sun etc.)
Udaykaram
Maturity of
fruition of past deeds
Udirana
Energy that
makes possible the premature fruition of karmas
Process of premature
realisation
The rise of karma before their time, because of penance
Udvega
Anxiety
Ukel
Solution
Upaadaan
Clinging;
Spiritual readiness
Upaadhi
Limitation imposed upon the Self through ignorance. In the relative
world the problems and suffering created by external circumstances.See aadhi
and vyaadhi; Afflication from some Supernatural, external world;
Adventitious misery; Worldly entanglements
Upaadhyaya
Preceptor;
Teacher of monks (sadhus)
Upkaari
The
benevolent; The one who is beneficial
Upri
Boss;
Controller
Upsarga
Externally induced suffering
Upshama
Energy that
temporarily prevents karmas from coming to fruition
Suppression;
Subsidence
Upsham
samkit
Partially
realized….partially controlled passions (see….Kshayak samkit)
Dedicated;
Faultless; Doubtless following the guru or the enlightened one
Upshambhaav
Relaxation and
peace experienced when karma declines
Upshamshreni
The
stepwise path of relaxing from 21 kinds of natural instincts or karma
Upvaas
Fasting
Upyoga
Applied
consciousness; Sentience; Sentient application; Active and alert
attentiveness of the Real Self
Active (part) of conciousness
Controlled usage of material objects during a recess from spiritual
exertions
Urdhva
gami
That which is proceeding towards higher level of
existence
Urdhva
gati
To
rise to higher level of birth eg. from human to heavenly bodies
Urdhva
loka
The higher plane of existence
The celestial world world of liberated
souls; Moksha
Utkrushta
Maximum or
excellent
Utsarpini
Ascending
cycle(of six aeons)
Ascending round; Progressive half-cycle
Utsarpinikala
- The
ascending six Eras when lifespans, strength and prosperity of all living
creatures increase
V
Vaachan
Scriptural reading by the Guru
Vaasana
Subtle
desire; Mental tendencies.
Vaasudeva
See Krishna
Vaatsalya
Disinterested affection
Vaayu-kaayik
Air-bodied
Vairaag
"Without
desires". Indifference to pleasure and pain. Non-attachment
Vairaagya
Extinction
or fading of all attachment,
A state of detachment; Indifference
towards all worldly things; True renunciation.
Detachment from
close bonds of home and family
Aversion leading to renunciation
The
non-attachment to sense pleasures
Vaishnav
A devotee
of Lord Vishnu, or Krishna; Faith of such persons
Vakragati
Oblique or
downward movement (of the Self).
Vanaspati
Plants,
vegetables
Vanaspati-kaayik
Vegetable-bodied soul
Vaayu-kaayika
Air bodies
Vanchanaa buddhi
False knowledge;
Self-cheating intelligence
Vanchit
To remain in obscurity and delusion
Vandanaa
Reverent
salutation
Varganaa
Classes of
material clusters
Collection of vargas - vargas are themselves
collection of karmic particles
Vartan
Becoming
‘Being’ or ‘Living’ with the inner conviction of the Real
Vartmaan
Now.
Current. See bhoot and bhavishya
Vash
Under
control
Vastu
Real matter
Vastutva
Capacity by
which a substance has a function
Vayu
Air
Veda
Sexual
disposition e.g Purushved…desire for male
There are two kinds: bhavaveda
(desire to enjoy due to rise of passions) and dravyaveda (the sense of being
individual) which are of three types: Striveda, Purusaveda and Napusankaveda
Sex-consiousness
Sexual feeling
Vedaka
Felt as such(enlightened
world view)
Vedanaa
Feeling
Vedaniya
Feeling
producing
Vedaniya
karma
Feeling-producing karma
That which results in individual pain or
pleasures, and accordingly known as (i) Ashata vedaniya (ii) Shata
vedaniya
Sensation-producing karma,also sensation karma.
Karma
responsible for mundane experience of pain and pleasure karma causing
physical pain
Vibhaav
Contrary
disposition
The state of the non-self toward emotions; love, hate etc.;
Defiled; Impure
A distinct and different property; Transformation of a
thing
Vibhavik
guna
Attribute of non-self
Vicara
Movement
Vichaar
Oscillation
of the mind between the substance and the mode
Thoughts
Shifting
attention from one mode to another
Vichaarana
Thought
Vichaar
dasha
State
dominated with thoughts such as “ the world is pre-occupied with its own
workings, is fearful and full of dukkha and that love and hate continue in
cycles…”; being absorbed in thoughts
Videha
Not with
body .......see Sadeha
To be in a state where despite having a body, one
remains unaffected
Videhee
dasha
State
of behaving as a body-less atma in spite of having a body; such were
Srimad Rajchandra, A.M.Patel (Dadashri) and Janaka
Vidhi
Auspicious ceremony; That which is worth doing
Vignaan
Science of
Absolutism of Dada; Exceptional intellectual and creative power(Jainism)
Exceptional intellectual and creative power
Vikalp
I-sense;
Ego-centric approach.
Ego-centric approach, “I am Chandulal” is vikalp
Contrary thought
Vikaar
Carnal
desire, passion, oscillation of the mind between the substance and the mode
Vikrti
Defiled
modification
Vikshep
Interruption; Difficulties
Vimaasna
Repentance
Vimukti
Here, an article
dealing with the means for Liberation
Vinaya
Humility;
Reverence to the elders
Reverence – internal austerity;.
Veneration
Vipareet
Contrary to
ones nature
Non-real or Perverted ; Contradictory.
Viparyaaya gnaan
Deluded
knowledge
Vipreet
gnaana
Knowledge
through wrong belief
Viraadhana
Opposite of
Aaradhana. To descend spiritually by negating any living being; disrespect
Viraat
Vast,
pervading the universe
The aggregate consciousness of all the gross
bodies of the universe; Macrocosm, the physical world.
Virati
Abstention
from harmful acts
Cessation; Pause; Break
Virodhaabhas
Contradiction; Appearance of contradiction or paradox
Virya
Energy;
Semen
Visarjan
Disintegration; Sacrifice
Vishay
Sexual
activity ; Subject; Object of sense-pleasure; Object of
sense-pleasure;
‘subject’ as ‘Dada’ says; as it subjects one to
liability or bondage
Vishay
murchhaa
To be
absorbed in the experience of the five senses; sensuality
Vishayi
One who
engrosses oneself in and lustfully enjoys the subject
Vishesh
bhaav
To have or act with feeling towards that which is
non-self
Sense of "I am Chandulal" (as oppose to "I am
Shuddhatma" )
Vishesha
guna
Special attributes
Vishuddhi
Purity;
Purification
Vishva
World
Vishvavandhya
Worshipped by the
world
Vismruti
Oblivion;
Non-interference of the world through detachment towards it.
Vitaraag
Free from
passion; An epithet for an arhat (?)
Vitaraag -Absolutely free from
Attachments
Vitaraagata
A state of
Absolutism or Total Non-attachment
Desirelessness; Passionlessness
Vivek
Discrimination between right and wrong, beneficial and non-beneficial, truth
and untruth; Courtesy
Viyog
Dissipation
of event
Vrat
Vow;
Restraint
Vritti
also Vruti
Tendency; inclination
Emanations
from the mind; Tendency; Subcommentary
Vyaadhi
Physical
suffering, malady, disease.
Vyaapaka
Determinant
concomitant; Spreading
Vyabhichaar
Contradiction
Vyabhichaarin
One who
contradicts
Vyasan
Vice
Vyatirek
Lack of effect
indicating lack of cause; Disagree
Vyavahaar
(Worldly)
activity
Ordinary behavior; Custom
Worldly affairs through
thoughts, speech and action
Emperical
Vyavahaar dharma
Moral
obligations in day-to-day life; Relative religion for a happy life
Vyavahaarika
Empirical;
That which relates to the relative realm of thought, speech and action
Vyavahaar shuddhi
Honest behaviour; Purity of motives - this leads to happiness
in this life as well as the next
Vyavasthit
Orderly,
Exact. Scientific Circumstance
Scientific Circumstantial Evidence;
Cosmic, Computerised Schedule; The Non-partial, Universal Executrix
Vyavasthit shakti
Cosmic
Computerised Energy; Non-Partial- Well ordered Cosmic Energy
A well
organised, benevolent, impartial energy or power
Vyaya
Cessation
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Yaatra
Pilgrimage
Yagya; Yagna
Here a
Spiritual movement
Yaksha
Deva
Demi-God
Yakshini
Devi
Dimi-Goddess
Yantra
Mystical
diagram
Yashnaam
karma
Karma which brings fame and credit to oneself
Yathaarth
In reality
Yoga
Movement in
the regions of the atma; Meeting of atma with moksha; Attainment
of the instruments of moksha; Meditation Activity of mind, speech,
physique; Mode through which Union with God or Pure Self is
sought.
Union. Science of the union of the individual with God.
Action; activity. In Gnani’s Science all yoga, union involves action or
activity e.g. Karma yoga….activity
Yojanaa
A measure
of distance equal to about eight or nine miles
Yoni
Source;
Place of creation
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