Aachar (Achara)
Conduct
Aacharan (Acharan)
Behavior; Enactment of undertaken vows
Aacharya (Acharya)
Spiritual teacher; Ordained spiritual guide Head of a mendicant group; spiritual leader; monk-scholar
Aadesh (Adesh)
Directive; Command; Consent
Aadhar (Adhar)
Support
Aadhi (Adhi)
Mental suffering or problems; Psychological pain
Aadhyatmic (Adhyatmic)
Spiritual; The study of the Self; Relating to the Atma, the Soul; Science of Inner Vision; Pertaining to individual soul, spirit or manifestation of Supreme
Aai (Aadi)
The beginning; Origin
Aagam (Agam)
Scriptures of Jain religion; Canonical literature
The knowledge or experience of the Self in the form of words of the Gnani
Aagna (Agna)
Instructions usually given by God or his Saint; Command
Commandments; Directives; Instructions; Order; Dictate
Aagraha (Agraha)
Force; Strict belief
Fanatic belief; Insistence
Aahara (Ahara)
Nourishment; Food
Aakasha (Akasha)
Air; The dravya, which gives space to all; Ether
Aalochana (Alochana)
Heart-felt avowal or confession of one's guilt or misdeed before the Guru or God; Critical appraisal of one's real self; Critical self-examination
Aanand (Anand)
Bliss; Permanent happiness.
Aanand-swaroop
Of the form of bliss
Aapta (Apta)
Trustworthy; Authentic; Realised One who brings forth the essential meaning of the true nature of things, once having known all the elements.
Aapta-vachana
Statement of an authentic personality
Aara (Ara)
Rotation of the Cosmic Time cycle. Infinite time has eons 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 2400 years are over. In Mahavideh Kshetra, there is eternally the Fourth Cosmic Rotation, namely Dusham-Sushama. There is a permanent presence of the Tirthankars.
Aaradhana (Aradhana)
Devout worship and devotion; Spiritual practice.
Aarambha (Arambha)
Inception or first flash of idea; Commencement; Beginning of any action; [ Note : This is all through the "signature' of the doer ego ]
Aarta (Art)
Repressive or self-tormenting; Suffering (adjective)
Aartdhyana (Artdhyana)
Experiencing worries or suffering without letting anyone know or showing externally 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
Aarti (Arti)
Heart-pouring in prayerful plea; Waving of lamps in Aarti symbolically suggests plea for 'Pure Light' within, dispelling the darkness of ignorance. Lamp waving ceremony
Aarta (Arta)
Suffering
Aarya (Arya)
Noble; The best (referring to the Lord Jineshwar, the one desirous of Moksh, and as well as to all who reside in the Arya land)
Aarya achar (Arya aachar)
Good actions or behaviors such as Piety, Truth, Forgiveness etc
Aarya (Arya)desh
The best land where one can mediate on the Atma, progress in Self-knowledge
Aarya (Arya)vichaar
Thoughts and realization about the permanence of the soul and obstructing karmas
Aasakta (Asakta)
One with attachment or infatuation
Aasakti (Asakti)
Strong Attachment; Covetous cleavage; Infatuation
Aascharya (Ascharya)
Extraordinary event
Aahram (Aashram)
Resting place
Aarava (Asrava)
Influx; Inflow Obstruction from karmas that limit progress in knowledge
Aashraya (Asraya)
That on which thing depends; Support; Refuge
Aatma (Atma)
God within the creature is known as Atma or Purush. The Real Self or Soul ; Godhead that dwells within the body; also denotes the Supreme Soul or Paramatma; Divine consciousness residing in the individual. The highest or true self as distinct from the consciousness or ego.
The pure jiva, distinct from the indriyas, the antahkaran, worldly desires or any other traces of maya.
One of Hinduism's most fundamental tenets is that we are Atma, not the physical body, emotions, external mind or personality.
Aatmabhava
Seeing God in every living being; The thought of divine Self.
Aatmadharma
Religion of the Pure Self
Aatmadhyas
Permanent perception of the Pure Self (Atma + adhyas = study of the Self)
Aatmadrashti ( Atmadrashti)
Fixated on the Self; Inner view
Aatmadarshan (Atmadarshan)
Experience of the Self; Realisation of the Self as distinct from the body.
Aatmagnan (Atmagnan)
Tatva Gnan; Knowledge of the Self; The knowledge that the Soul is distinct from the body
Aatmagnani
The one who has acquired the Self
Aatma hathya
Destruction of the Self
Aatmananda
Joy of the Pure Self
Aatmanubhava (Atmanubhava) [ Aatma + Anubhava]
Self realization; Self enlightenment; Experience and realisation of the Self (Soul)
Aatmabodha
Awareness of the Self; Knowledge of the Self
Aatmabhava (Atmabhava)
The thought of divine Self itself
Aatmanubhuti (Atmanubhuti)
Experience of the Self
Aatma ramanta
To be absorbed in the Self
Aatmadarshan
Vision of the real
Aatma dhyana
Contemplation on the Self
Aatma hathya
Self-destruction; Suicide
Aatmaheet
Welfare of the soul
Aatmanishtha
Faith in the Soul's inherent powers; Abiding in the Self
Aatmanubhava
Experience of Atma ; the experience of the Self; Abiding in one's own nature
Aatma-sakshathkara
Direct vision of Atma; Self-realisation; Enlightenment
Aatmanusandhan
Continuous contemplation on the Self
Aatmaramanta
Interospection; Self-reflection
Aatma siddhi
Self-realisation
Aatma suddhi
Self purification; Purification of the Self
Aatma-swaroop
The essential nature of the Self; Embodiment of the all-pervading divine Self
Aatma-yoga
Attunement with the Self
Aatmayogeshwar
Ever attuned to the Supereme, Absolute, Pure Self
Aatmayogi
One, forever in harmony with Pure Self.
Aatmarthi (Atmarthi)
One who is concerned only about the gain for the Atma; Student of the Self.
Aatmarupa
Embodiment of Atma
Aatma sakshatkara
Self-realisation; Enlightment; Direct vision of Atma
Aatmavad (Atmavad)
Addressing the Atma or Soul
Aatmavirya (Atmaveerya)
Energy of the Soul; strength
Aatmic (Atmic)
Pertaining to Soul
Aatmic bhaav
Soul Consciousness
Aatyantik (Atyantik)
Incessant; Excessive; conclusion; final; infinite; endless; supreme; best.
Aavaran (Avaran)
Veil of ignorance of the Self ; Obscuration
Aavaraniya (Avaraniya)
Obscuring
Aayu (Ayus)
Longevity
Aayu-karma (Ayu-karma)
Life-span-determining karma
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; Negative feeling
Abhavya
One who is not likely to attain knowledge of the Soul and liberation associated with Self realisation, and cannot liberate to moksha One who is unlikely to attain moksha; Reprobate
Abhayadaan
To give protection; literally donate release from fear e.g. Save animals. Total redemption
Abhayapada
Position from which there is no fear of fall; To give the state of being fearless.
Abheda
Non-difference; Integral
Abhilaasha
Deepest desire
Abhyudaya
Facilitation of worldly comforts; Prosperity or uplifting in the relative world Attainment of things that one desired for.
Abhyantar
Inner
Abhyas
Study; A regular practice; Discipline
Abudha
Tattva (elemental) vision, State free of buddhi (intellect- light of knowledge of the Soul that flows through the medium of ego); View without o the ego of 'I am the doer'.'Simple and Open', being free from intellectualism; sans intellect.
Achetan
Inanimate or Non-living; Devoid of Consciousness of the Self; inert
Achit
Without life or soul; Disconnected; One without Chaitanya (Prakruti).
Achyuta
Firm
Adeetha tapa
Invisibility austerity; Invisible penance;
Penance in keeping the Real (Self; 'I') and the relative (prakruti; non-self; my) separate
Adharma
Religious demerit ,Activities not leading to Pureself or liberation; Unrighteousness; Moral or spiritual decadance; Which causes the soul to continue embraced with the body, not withstanding its capacity for ascent and natural tendency to soar
Adhikaran
Dependence
Adhikaran-kriya
Those acts, which promote and lead to dependence
Using instruments of destruction;
Having weapons of hurtfulness
Adhishtaan
Substratum. Support
Basic foundation
Adhista
Appropriate
Adhogati
Regression towards lower life-form: animal; plant; hellish; Dowanward movement
Adho-loka
The lower world; Home of infernal beings
Adhyaas
Superimposition; Delusion; False attribution. A term used to explain the reality of the world as illusion veiling the only true reality caused by ignorance of the Self Adhi (inside) + Aasa (to sit)
Adhyakshan
Till now
Adhyatma
See: Aadhyatmic
Adhyatmik shakti
Power or energy of the Self
Adhyatma marga
Path towards the Atma; Inner effort to detach oneself from worldly bonds
The path that leads to the Self
Advaita
Non-duality; State of oneness with all; Philosophy that there is nothing more than one soul or Brahma in the Universe; Monism
Agami karma
Actions of the present life expected to bear fruit in the future births
Aghati
Non-obscuring;
Aghati-karma
Karma that is not capable of obstructing or preventing the intrinsic quality of pure Soul.Efect of 'deeds' 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
Agami karmas destroy no part of the soul either wholly or partially
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
Agnaan
Ignorance of the Self. Knowledge not attended by the true belief; Wrong belief caused by ignorance; Nescience; A state of the Non-realisation of the soul
Delusionary knowledge
Agnaani
One who has not realized the Self; Unenlightened.One who is living the worldly life; Sansari without any knowledge of the Real; See Moodhhatma; One who sees this relative world as Real.
Agnostic Agni
Fire
Agni-kaayik
Fire-bodied
Agopya
Evident; Not concealed
Aguru-lagu
Neither heavy nor light; Property of being dimensionless
Agurulagutva
Equality of status; Not under any pressure of deviation from the balance of the state of the Self
Aham
Ego; The sense if "I-ness"; Embodied soul or Self
Ahankar
Identification with one's ego
Ego ("I am Chandulal"). Also Ahamkar in Hindi, Egoism of "I am The doer")
Evolute of maya
Commonly known ego is the external; personality or sense of "I" and "mine".
Ahinsa (Ahimsa)
Abstaining from evil towards others in deed, word and thought (mind, body and speech); Non-violence.
Aisvarya
Opulence; Spiritual powers; Divine powers, fortune
Ajanma
Unborn; Without birth
Ajiva
Inanimate; Non-self; Non-living; Non-sentient entity; Insentient; Non-soul
Akarama bhoomi
The land of enjoyment only and hence not conducive towards attainment of Self realisation and moksh
Akarta
Non-doer
Akhanda
Boundless independence; That which remains continuous; Without any fault
Akhanda sanidhya
Undivided association or closeness; Continuous closeness.
Akhuta
That which never finishes or empties
Akram
Without a specific method or step or order
Akram marg
Dadashri's direct path to liberation (akram) as opposed to step by step path (karmic) involving penance, renunciation etc. as in tradition religions. His path of Absolutism
Akram vignan
Science of 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; Without death
Amurta
That which cannot be perceived through the five senses- Soul(Self), Imponderable substance 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 end
Anaahaari
One who does not eat or drink
Anaatma
Non-Self ; Inanimate things
Anakar
Formless; Undetermined
Anand swaroop
The embodiment of supreme bliss
Anant
Endless; Infinite
Anant darshan
Absolute infinite perception
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
Anantcharitra
State attained when all Mohaniya Karma ( the one that deludes the Self) is overcome
Anantkaaya
That which contains innumerable lives, innumerable bodies or forms.
Anant such
Infinite bliss
Ananya bhaav
Pure (shuddha) open and eager bhaav (inner intent); Matchless devotion;
Thinking only of divinity and nothing else.
Ananya sharan
Surrender to Purity; Matchless surrender
Anarambha
Sinless; Innocent; Not yet begun or started.
Anekaant
Accepting of different views and dharmas; Non-absolutism
Anekanta-vada
Doctrine of non-absolutism; Philosophy accepting different views;
Doctrine of many views
Anindriya
Quasi-sense
Anna
Food
Annanya
Agonistics
Antahskaran (Antahkaran)
The inner instrument comprising of mun or manas( mind ), buddhi ( intellect or determinative faculty ), chitta or citta (function of two components which are gnan and darshan ) and ahankar ( ego ).
Inner psycho-somatic four-fold instruments of mind, intellect, memory and ego Inner faculty comprising of four aspects, each characterized by its individual functions: Mana - When generating thoughts and desires, Buddhi - When consolidating thoughts, making decisions and resolutions, forming convictions or discriminating, Chitt - When repeatedly contemplating or focusing and Ahamkar - When forming a sense of being, endorsing.
Antaratma
Inner Self
Antaraya (karma)
A Karma that acts as impediment (or interference) to the exposition of Soul's intrinsic quality of power and energy. Hindrance; Karmas that limit the achievement of any goals; Obstructing karma that restricts the energy-quality of the soul
Inflow of obstructive Karma
Antardah
Thirst of the Self
Antaradrashti
Sight into the Self ; Invard vision (towards the Self)
Antardhaan
To become invisible; Invisibility
Antaratma
Inner soul possessed of true knowledge; Inner self
The state of perceiving the Self within. The inner person, excluding the physical form who perceives, thinks and cognises
Antaraya karma
Which hinders the jiva in his capability of resolution and enjoyment.
Antar-bhaav
The state of existence between death and birth
Antardaah
Inner turmoil; Restlessness
Antardashaa
The inner state; State of the Soul; Experience of the inner state.
Antardrishti
Introspection
Antargnan
Knowledge of Soul
Antarmukha
Faced within; Meditative; Inward focus or vision.
Antarvrutti
Inner activity
Antaryaami
Inner witness
Indweller or being that guides all creatures; The One who resides within; The Supreme Lord; The Self.
Anu
Fundamental, universal and atom-like unit of matter; Smallest building block of creation
Anubhav
Experience
Anubhav gnan
Self-experience; Knowledge from personal experience
Anubhuti
Experience
Anugamin
Follower
Anugrah
Grace; Piety; Higher help.
Anukampa
Compassion towards all suffering
Anumod
To support; Passively or actively sanction.
Anusaar
Accordingly
Anusangik (Aanusangik)
Progress towards the Self
Anushthan
Religious activity
Anuvrata
Small vow; Five minor vows: violence, falsehood, stealing, carnality and possessiveness
Anvay
'Not separate'; Associated; Connected; Inherently existing within
Apadhyana
Thinking ill of others; Perverted meditation
Aparamaarthika
Emperical; Not in the interest of the higher good.
Aparigraha
Nonpossession
Apeksha
Wish; Desire
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 Aatma
Apratyakhyanavaran kashaya
Hindering non-renunciation. It makes impossible every renunciation, but allows the existence of true belief.
Apratibaddha
Without attachment
Apurva
Inexperienced before; Unprecedented
Apvada
Exception, Criticism; Insult
Arihant
The one without Passion; The conquerer of all his passions.Kasaya; Realized soul with Keval Gnana
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
Asahaj
Assumed; Unnatural
Asamkhyata
Innumerable; Countless
Asanga
Not influenced; Without company; Non-attached, Detached from material consciousness
Asariri
Free from embodiment; A Siddha; The state of the Gnani
One not concerned about the body; One who is established in the Self
Ashaata
Pain; Sorrow
Ashaatavedaniya
What causes unpleasant feeling; That which brings pain
The inflow of pain bringing feeling
Ashubh
Unpleasant; Inauspicious or sinful (karma); See Subh
Unwholesome
Ashudha
Impure
Ashudhi
Impurity
Asrava ( Aashrava)
Influx of Karmic matter into the nature of Soul; Karmic inflow,
The attraction of good or bad matter by the soul.
The thought-activity invites the karmic matter into 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 happiness
Atyantabhaav
Absolute non-existance
Avadhaan
Display of the ability to concentrate and attend to multiple activities simultaneously
Avadhi
Visual; Clairvoyance
Avadhi gnan
Determinative knowledge of events and incidents taking place somewhere beyond the range of sense-perception. Transcendental knowledge of material substances.
The third level of knowledge where one can know things beyond the capability of the senses
Avarnavad
To paint a wrong picture about someone; Not to tell it like it is about a person.
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.
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; Without decline or extinction
Avinaya
Disrespect
Avirata
Vowlessness; Non-renunciation; One who is without self-control.
Avirati
Intense attachment; Non abstinence; Non renunciation Nonrestraint
Avivek
Discourteous; Indiscriminate; Unable to decide between the truth and untruth.
Avtar
Incarnation; To enter into a body
Avyabaad
Superiority over joy and grief; Non-interfering; Without restriction or pain
Avyakta
Unmanifest; Unexplainable; Neutral; Imperceptible
Avyaya
That which never ages or disintegrates; Eternal; Unchanging
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'
Ayush-karma
Karma that determines the span of a given time; Longevity determining karma; Which determines duration of life.
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