Paapanubandhi paap
Bad deeds which lead to even more bad deeds

Paapanubandhi punya
Good deeds which lead to bad deeds Indulging in wholesome activities while enjoying punyas

Paarshvanaath
The 23rd Tirthankar

Paatrata (Patrata)
Spiritual readiness

Padaartha
Constituent 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-five evolutes of maya

Panchendriya
Five-sensed (touch,taste,smell,sight and hearing)

Pantha
Path; Congregation; Following

Papsthanak
Stages of sins

Para

Other; Supreme; Ultimate

Paraakram
Real, human endeavour

Para-dravya
The being, location, time, or state, respectively, of other objects

Param
Supreme; Absolute

Paramhansa
(See: Hamsa) Highest state of ascetic renunciation . The 'supreme swan', a symbol of the highest spiritual accomplishment; a renunciate who has attained Self-realisation A sadhu of the highest order, characterized by his ability to discriminate between 'sat' and 'asat' - just as swans were traditionally considered to be able to distinguish between milk mixed with water.

Param Jyoti
Impersonal effulgence emanating from 'Pure Self'; God

Param sataa
Ultimate truth; Atma; Ultimate Knowledge

Param satsang
Meeting with atmas in a much higher state than one's own

Param vinaya
Perfect Humility; Egoless state
[Param vinaya arises only after achieving Atmagnan and because of that one does not feel any difference (abhedta). There is abhed drashti, abhed buddhi. There is no difference in 'I and my Guru'. Whereas in vinaya there is always a feeling of 'I and my Guru are different]

Paramanandi
The One whose bliss is eternal

Paatrata
Ultimate perception; Absolute perception; The highest view point which includes all the view points

Paramarthik
The Absolute; Transcendental; That benefits all

Paramarth samkit
Enkindling or awakening of the Self by the grace of a Gyani Purush

Paramaatma
The highest state of the Soul; The Supreme Self; The highest liberated soul

Paramdhaam
Highest, most auspicious location; Extremely bright; heavenly

Parampad
Moksha

Parninda
Speaking ill of others

Parbhaav
The emotion emanating from pardharma

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

Parishah
Internally induced suffering; Afflictions ; Suffering or trouble. There are 22 different kinds of suffering according to the Jain scriptures. See Oopsarg

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; The God within
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; Inferential; Mediated; Hearsay Indirect perception, accomplished through the senses, inference, etc.

Paroksha gnan
Mediated knowledge; Indirect knowledge; Inferential 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.

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..A state of being.
Whatever that has origin and an end or distruction in time

Paryant
Till

Paudgalika
Material

Pita
Yellow

Pitaamber
Yellow silken garment

Praayaschitta
Repentence of transgressions Expiation - internal austerity

Prabada
Associated with super strength or energy

Prabhu
Manifested form; Another name for God

Pragat
Menifest; present

Pragnaa
True wisdom; A higher mode of knowing Reasoning ;intelligence; Enlightened, pure intellect. (Also Prajna)
Consciousness; Awareness; The force that facilitates a fuller realization of the Self

Prakaash
Light...here the light of Knowledge

Prakruti
(also Prakriti); Primordial nature; Materialised nature;Nature; Principle of matter
Everything of a being except the Self; Causal matter

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

Pramaan
True knowledge; That which understands something from all aspects

Prana-pratishtha
Life-implacing. Techniques to manifest "life" within an object; Infusion of life into an image or an idol.
[See pratishtha]

Prarabdha
In course of fruition; fructifying (karma); Destiny...see Farjiyat All activities of thoughts, speech and action in this life falls under prarabdha Determined by previous karma (causes); The part of one's karma to be worked out in this lifetime

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;
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

Pratishthaa
Ceremonious installation of an idol; To instill something more into..... Fixing

Pratishthit Atma
Relative or charged self, established in and endowed for the present round of life

Pratiti
Conviction

Prativasudeva
Rivals of the Lords

Pratyakhyaan
Decision not to do again
Sincere pledge of never slipping into the error or misdeed, once committed

Pratyakhyanavaran kashaya
Hindering renunciation. It hinders the beginning of complete salf-descipline but does not prevent the existence of true belief and partial self-descipline

Pratyaksha
Direct experience (as opposed to sensory perception)
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

Prayaschitta
A rite for expiating sin; Repentance

Prayog
Application. Effort. see Gnan prayog; Experiment

Prem
Divine love ., unconditional , unchanging ( Of the Self , For the Self ).

Prerna
Inspire

Preta
Devil; A hungry tantalized ghost, led by evil karma into that sad but temporary state of existence

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
Pudgal signifies what develops fully only to be dissolved again

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; Deeds of merit (that helps the jiva in his enjoyment of health, wealth and pleasures)
Merit accumulated from good acts. See paap. Which represents the opposite; Virtuous (karma); Good, meritorious deed

Punya karma
Wholesome karma

Punyaanubandhi paap
Bad deeds which lead to good deeds; Unwholesome karmas motivating wholesome activities

Punyaanubandhi punya
Good deeds which lead to more and greater good deeds; Earning of new punyas while enjoying the fruits of earlier ones
Wholesome karmas motivating more wholesome activities

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
(A synonym for atma. Also refered toas Supreme Being or Soul) 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 endeavor for Liberation, after initial Self-realization..see Marjeeyat Endeavor for Liberation, after Self-Realisation Pure-Self-Oriented efforts

Purva
Previous; Past; Earlier literature

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