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
- Nirjarāनिर्जरा
- Shedding of karma already bound.
- Two kinds: savipāka (karma falling away on maturity) and avipāka (deliberately induced through austerity).
- Chapter 1Chapter 9
- 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