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
- Aghātī-karmaअघातिकर्म
- Non-destructive karmas affecting embodiment only.
- Vedanīya, āyu, nāma, gotra. They persist in a kevalī until the final moment.
- Chapter 8
- Audayikaऔदयिक
- State arising from the rise (operation) of karma.
- Twenty-one kinds, including the four gatis, four kaṣāyas, three vedas and six leśyās. This is the state in which most worldly experience occurs.
- Chapter 2