Word glossary
Terms and definitions
Every technical term used in this portal, with a short gloss, a longer note, and the chapters where it matters.
2 terms
- Īhāईहा
- Speculation — inquiry into what the object is.
- Stage two: an active weighing of possibilities on the basis of the bare grasp.
- Chapter 1
- Mati-jñānaमतिज्ञान
- Sensory and mental knowledge.
- Arises through the five senses and the mind, in four stages: avagraha, īhā, apāya, dhāraṇā. Classified as parokṣa because it depends on external instruments.
- Chapter 1