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
- Ajīvaअजीव
- Non-soul — everything without consciousness.
- Comprises pudgala, dharma, adharma, ākāśa and (on one view) kāla. Only pudgala has form.
- Chapter 1Chapter 5
- Tattvaतत्त्व
- Reality-category; one of the seven fundamentals.
- Jīva, ajīva, āsrava, bandha, saṃvara, nirjarā, mokṣa. Adding puṇya and pāpa gives the nine padārthas of the later tradition.
- Chapter 1