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
- Puṇyaपुण्य
- Merit — auspicious karma.
- Pleasant-feeling, auspicious lifespan, body-making and high status karma. Still bondage: a chain of gold.
- Chapter 6Chapter 8
- 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