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.
3 terms
- Adharma-dravyaअधर्मास्तिकाय
- Medium of rest.
- Assists rest as shade assists a weary traveller. Neither compels; both enable.
- Chapter 5
- Dharma-dravyaधर्मास्तिकाय
- Medium of motion.
- One, formless, coextensive with the occupied universe. Assists motion as water assists a fish. Its absence beyond loka is why liberated souls stop at the summit.
- Chapter 5Chapter 10
- Dravyaद्रव्य
- Substance — that which possesses qualities and modes.
- Six in number, eternal and fixed. Defined at 5.38 as guṇa-paryāya-vat.
- Chapter 5