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Every technical term used in this portal, with a short gloss, a longer note, and the chapters where it matters.

3 terms

Audayikaऔदयिक
State arising from the rise (operation) of karma.
Twenty-one kinds, including the four gatis, four kaṣāyas, three vedas and six leśyās. This is the state in which most worldly experience occurs.
Chapter 2
Gatiगति
Realm of existence: hell, animal, human, celestial.
Determined by nāma-karma. Only the human gati permits the full path to liberation.
Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4
Guptiगुप्ति
Restraint of activity of mind, speech and body.
Three in number. The negative side of saṃvara: not acting.
Chapter 9