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
- Samyak-cāritraसम्यक्चारित्र
- Right conduct — action in accordance with right knowledge.
- Graded in 9.18 into five stages from sāmāyika to yathākhyāta. In the householder it takes the form of the twelve vows; in the ascetic, the five mahāvratas with their bhāvanās.
- Chapter 1Chapter 7Chapter 9
- Tīrthaṅkara-nāma-karmaतीर्थंकर नामकर्म
- The karma of becoming a ford-maker.
- Bound by the sixteen bhāvanās listed at 6.23 — purity of faith, reverence, study, service, devotion and care for the community.
- Chapter 6