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
- 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
- Nāma-karmaनामकर्म
- Body-making karma — the 'painter'.
- 42 primary subtypes, 93 in full enumeration. Determines realm, class, body, structure, voice and much else.
- Chapter 6Chapter 8
- 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