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MEANING |
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Abadhita: |
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With no
contradiction of the probandum |
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Abadhitavisayatva: |
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Absence of
contradiction of the probandum |
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Abhavya: |
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One who
is incapable of attaining moksa |
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Abhedavrtti: |
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Identifying by transference of epithet |
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Abhedopacara: |
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Making
identical aspect predominant |
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Abhigraha: |
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Resolution |
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Abhikshna-Jnanopayoga: |
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Ceaseless pursuit of right knowledge. |
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Abhipsita: |
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Desirable |
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Abhiseka: |
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Anointing ceremony |
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Abhyasta: |
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Habituated |
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Abhyuhana: |
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Process
of understanding |
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Abrahma: |
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Unchastity. |
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Abrahma-varjana: |
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Abandonment of all incontinence |
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Acaksurdarsana: |
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Perception by means of the senses other than visual |
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Acara: |
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Conduct |
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Acarya: |
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Head of
a mendicant group; spiritual leader; monk-scholar |
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Achakshu-darshanavarana: |
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Non-Ocular-Conation-Obscuring |
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Acharya-Bhakti: |
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Devotion to Acharyas or Heads of the Orders of Saints. |
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Achetanatva: |
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Unconsciousness |
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Adama-nirjara: |
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Equanimous submission to the fruition of karma |
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Adana-niksepana-samiti: |
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Care in
the picking up and putting down of any object |
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Adattadana-virati: |
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Not
taking anything which has not been given; identical to asteya-vrata |
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Adeya: |
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Impressive; appearance such as may affect others. |
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Adharma: |
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Principle of Rest |
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Adharma-dravya: |
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The
principle of rest |
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Adhigama: |
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preaching of another. |
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Adhigamaja: |
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Grahita |
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Adhikarana: |
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Dependance |
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Adhikaraniki-kriya: |
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having
weapons of hurtfulness. |
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Adho-loka: |
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The
lower world; the home of infernal beings |
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Adhyavasaya: |
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Determinate cognition |
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Adhyayana: |
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Lecture |
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Advaita: |
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Non-dual; cap., the monistic school of Vedanta |
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Agama: |
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Scripture; canonical literature |
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Verbal
testimony |
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Agamika: |
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Non-repetitive |
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Agari: |
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House-holders(laymen). |
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Aghatiya: |
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Karamas
that generate embodiment and particular conditions thereof |
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Aghatiya: |
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Non-Destructive karmas |
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Agni: |
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Fire |
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Agurulaghu: |
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Nor
heavy-light; neither too heavy to move, nor too light to have stability. |
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Agurulaghutva: |
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Capacity by which one attribute or substance does not become another and the
substance does not lose the attributes whose grouping forms the substance
itself. |
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Individuality |
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The
quality of constancy in space-points |
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Ahampratyaya: |
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Self-awareness |
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Ahara Agrahya-Vargana: |
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Assimilation-unrecievable-molecule |
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Ahara-Vargana: |
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Assimilation-molecule for food |
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Aharaka: |
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Assimilative |
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The
spiritual man-like emanation from the head of a saint in doubt, in the sixth
spiritual stage. |
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Aharaka mishra: |
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Assimitative with physical. |
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Aharaparyapti: |
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Taking
of morsels of food |
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Aharyaprasanjana: |
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Determinate concomitant |
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Aharyaropa: |
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Determinate concomitant |
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Ahavaniya-agni: |
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One of
the sacred fires in the Hindu srauta ritual |
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Ahimsa: |
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Nonharming |
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Ahimsavrata: |
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Refraining from harming |
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Ailaka: |
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The
highest state of a Digambara layman, wherein he retains only one piece of
clothing |
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Ajinana: |
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Ignorance |
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Ajiva: |
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Insentient |
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Non-Living |
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Non-Soul |
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Which
is not soul |
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Ajna-vyapadiki-kriya: |
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Misinterpreting the scriptural injunctions, which we do not want to follow. |
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Ajnana: |
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Ignorance--nivartaka--remover |
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Wrong
belief caused by ignorance. Indiscrimination of good and bad. |
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Ajnanavada: |
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Agnosticism |
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Ajnanika: |
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Agnostic. Everything is not knowable. This is one of the general attributes
of all substances. |
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Ajnavicaya: |
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Contemplation on the teachings of Jina |
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Akama-nirjara: |
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Equanimous submission to the fruition of karma. |
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Akasa: |
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Space |
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Akasha: |
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Space |
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Akashaya: |
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Quasi-passions; slight or minor passions. |
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Akincitkara: |
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Immaterial |
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Akrandana: |
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weeping |
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Akriyavada: |
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Doctrine of non-action |
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Akriyavadi: |
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Opposite of Kriyavadi, e.g., the soul does nothing. This undermines all
truth. |
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Aksa: |
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An
organ of sense |
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Self |
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Aksara: |
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Alphabet |
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Aksata: |
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Uncooked rice |
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Aksaya-trtiya: |
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The
"immortal third," a Jaina holiday |
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Alarikara: |
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Ornamentation |
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Alocana: |
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Critical self-examination |
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Intuitional cognition |
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Aloka: |
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Non-Universe |
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Aloka-akasa: |
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Totally
empty space |
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Alokitapana-bhojana: |
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Thoroughly seeing to one's food and drink. |
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Amanaska: |
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Without
mind |
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Amari: |
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Prohibition of animal sacrifice |
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Amla: |
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Acid. |
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Amsavatara: |
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Minor
incarnation of Visnu |
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Amudha drishtitva: |
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Free
from superstitious belief. |
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Amudhadrsti: |
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Freedom
from delusory notions |
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Amurtatva: |
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Along
with Achetanatva, is common to Space, Motion, Rest and Time. |
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Along
with Chetanatva, is a common attributes of the class of substance,
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Anabhimata: |
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Undesirable |
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Anabhoga: |
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putting
down a thing where it ought not to be put. |
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Anabhoga-kriya: |
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indifference in dropping things or throwing oneself down upon the earth,
i.e. without seeing whether it is swept or not. |
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Anabhyupagata: |
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Unproved |
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Anadeya: |
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Non-impressive; dull appearance. |
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Anadhyavasaya: |
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Indecision |
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Anadhyavasita: |
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Neither
known |
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Anadi: |
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Having
no beginning |
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Anadinidhana: |
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Without
beginning and without end |
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Anagara: |
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House-less(ascetics). |
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Anagara-dharma: |
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Mendicant discipline |
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Anaikantika: |
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Inconclusive |
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Anaikantikatva: |
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Inconclusiveness |
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Anakanksha-kriya: |
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Disrespect to scriptural injunctions out of vice or laziness. |
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Anakaropayoga: |
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Formless conscious activity |
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Anaksara: |
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Non-alphabet |
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Anangapravista: |
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Main
scriptions |
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Ananta-sukha: |
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Infinite bliss |
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Anantadharma: |
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Infinite aspects |
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Anantajnana: |
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Infinite knowledge; a synonym for kevalajnana |
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Anantanu-Vargana: |
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Infinite-atoms-molecule |
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Anantanubandhi: |
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Error
feeding |
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Right-belief preventing-passions. |
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Wrong-belief-breeding |
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Anantanubandhi-kasaya: |
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Passions that "Pursue from the limitless past," preventing the attainment of
samyak-darsana |
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Anantaviryatva: |
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Infinite energy |
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Ananugamika: |
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Non-following |
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Ananvaya: |
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Lacking
in positive concomitance |
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Anarpitabhasa: |
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False
unimplied point of view |
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Anarpitanaya: |
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Unimplied view-point |
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Anartha danda-vrata: |
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Taking
a vow not to commit purposeless sin |
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Anarthadandavrata: |
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Refraining from the five minor types of evil activity |
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Anasana: |
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Fasting |
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Anashana: |
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Fasting--external austerity. |
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Anataraya: |
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Obstructive. |
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Anavastha: |
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Regressus ad infinitum |
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Anekantavada: |
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The
doctrine of manifold aspects |
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Anekatva: |
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Multiplicity |
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Anga: |
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Limb;
cap., a group of twelve Jaina canonical texts |
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Angabahya: |
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The
subsidiary canon |
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Angapuja: |
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Veneration of the limbs of the lord |
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Angopanga: |
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Limbs;
limbs and minor limbs. |
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Anigraha: |
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Free
from defect |
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Anindriyaja: |
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Non-sensuous, not caused by senses |
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Anirakrta: |
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Not
refuted |
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Anisrita: |
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Independent |
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Anitya: |
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Impermanent |
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Anitya anupreksha: |
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Everything is subject to change or transitory. |
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transitoriness |
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Anityavada: |
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Noneternalism |
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Anivartin: |
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That
state from which there is no returning |
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Anivrtti-karana: |
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The
process of suppressing certain mohaniya karmas |
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Anrita: |
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Falsehood. |
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Antar-muhurta: |
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A
period of up to forty-eight minutes |
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Antara-bhava: |
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The
state of existence between death and rebirth |
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Antaratman: |
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The
state of perceiving the self within |
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Antaraya: |
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inflow
of obstructive karma |
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Obstructive |
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Antaraya-karma: |
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Karma
that restricts the energy-quality of the soul |
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Antarjalpa: |
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Inward
repetition |
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Antarmuhurtta: |
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For a
moment |
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Antarmuhurttika: |
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A
period of less than forty-eight minutes |
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Antarvyapti: |
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Internal concomitance |
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Antyesti-kriya: |
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Funeral
rites |
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Anu: |
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Atom;
an indivisible particle of matter |
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Anu Vargana: |
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Atom |
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Anu-Vratas: |
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Five
minor vows. |
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Anubhaga: |
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intensity of fruition |
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Anubhava: |
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Experience |
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Retribution of a karma; intensity |
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Anubhaya-mana: |
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Neither
true nor false. |
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Anubhaya-vachana: |
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Neither
true or false. |
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Anubhuta: |
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Cognised, felt |
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Anugamika (Avadhijnana): |
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Following |
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Anugamin: |
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Following |
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Anukampa: |
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Compassion |
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Anumana: |
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Inference |
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Anumanika: |
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Inferential |
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Anumati-tyaga: |
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Preparatory to the monk's life. Enjoins a gradual giving up of the world and
retiring into some very quiet place to aquire the knowledge of truth and
ultimately to become fit to be a teacher of the path to Liberation.
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Anumatityaga-pratima: |
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The
tenth stage in which a layman refrains from all household activities |
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Anumiti: |
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Inference |
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Anupalambha: |
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Non-observation |
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Anupatta: |
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Matter
which is not taken in by the soul. |
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Anupayoga: |
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Not in
actual use |
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Anupayukta: |
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Without
attention |
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Anupreksa: |
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Reflection, twelve kinds |
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Anupreksha: |
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Meditation. |
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Anupurvi: |
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Migratory form; the power of retaining the form of the last incarnation
during transmigration, i.e., in the passage from one to another condition of
existence. |
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