Chadmastha
One who has a finite cognition, no omniscience Soul which is still covered with Karmas; One that has not achieved omniscience or Keval Gnan A being involved in the world

Chaitanya
Pure consciousness; Life form that can attain knowledge and true realization The substance of the atma. A higher consciousness that transcends the physical realm which is jad and maayik

Chaitanya swaroop
Embodiment of the Pure Self

Chaitanyaghan
One filled or enriched with virtues of Pure knowledge

Chakravarti
King of Kings; Lord of six continents; Supreme lords

Chakshu
Eyes

Chakshurdarshana
Undifferentiated cognition conditional upon the eye; Visual perception; Visually evident; what can be seen by the eyes
Eye-intuition

Chanchala
Changing; fickle minded

Charan
Feet. (see Soocharan)

Charam sharer
Super-fine and lustrous body The last body that the Atma has before liberating to moksha; The ultimate body

Charitra
Character; Irreproachable moral conduct; Right conduct

Charitramoha
Deluded conduct Activity or Conduct that is 'a must' but does not absorb the doer emotionally. It is, as Dadashri says, 'Discharge Moha' Character-deluding; Which deludes the right conduct

Charitra-mohaniya
Conduct deluding(karma) What deludes the right conduct

Charanaravinda
Lotus feet

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 lok
Fourteen Cosmic Planes

Chetan
Life or living element; Pure Self; Pure; Unalloyed consciousness That which possess chaitanya i.e. is full of consciousness

Chetantatva
Along with Amurtatva, 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

Chidanand
Bliss of the Self

Chinta
Discursive thought; Worries

Chit (Chitta)
Subconcious mind; Memory aspect of mind; It is that in which mental impressions and experiences are recorded The mental mode turned towards objects The subtlest part of inner organ which takes exact pictures, visualizes inside without help of any external things;

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.

One of the four aspects of the antahkaran, characterized by its function of contemplating or pondering and especially focusing. Mental impressions and experiences are recorded and recalled from it

Chit shuddhi
Purity of mind; Purity of conscience

Chit vruti
Predliction 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 succinctly 'Score-and-Four'

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