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
- Jīvaजीव
- Soul — the conscious substance.
- Defined by upayoga (2.8). Infinite in number, each occupying innumerable space-points, expanding and contracting to the size of the body it inhabits. Divided into transmigrating and liberated.
- Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 5
- Upayogaउपयोग
- Conscious attention — the defining mark of the soul.
- Two-fold: jñānopayoga (determinate, eight kinds) and darśanopayoga (indeterminate, four kinds). Present in every soul at all times, including liberation.
- Chapter 2