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
- Mokṣaमोक्ष
- Liberation — complete release from all karma.
- Defined in 10.2 as kṛtsna-karma-vipramokṣa, brought about by the absence of the causes of bondage together with the shedding of what remains. The freed soul rises instantly to the summit of the universe.
- Chapter 1Chapter 10
- 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