Jain Dictionary By Dr. Kirit Gosalia [email protected] A1 Aabhaas – fallacy Aabhushan - ornament Aachaar -behavior, conduct; good conduct; sacred precept; rules of conduct prescribed by the scriptures or some authority; good manners. Aachaar Mimaanshaa - ethics. Aacharan - conduct, behavior; character, practice, action, putting into execution. Aachaarya – head ascetic Achaarya Pujyapaad Swami - was there in 5th century. His scriptural creations are: Sarvarth siddhi,(tatvaarth vrutti), Samaadhi tantra, Istopadesh, Jainendra vyaakaran, Dash bhakti. Aadaan nikshepan samiti – careful in lifting and laying down. Carefulness in taking and placing things. Carefulness in putting clothes and other things on, To receive and place any thing whatsoever after a proper inspection and proper cleansing of dust etc - Adaan Nikshepan Samiti Aadaataa - recipient Aadar - respect, honor. Aadar - adore Aadarniya - deserving respectful treatment, respectable, Aadarvu - begin, undertake; receive; respect, honor; welcome; court. Aadesh - order, command; directive; advice; [gr.] substitution of a letter or word for another; [math.] substitution. Aadesh vashaat - subject to spoken words. Aadhaar – container, supporter, support, prop; refuge; proof; ground, basis; [phys.] fulcrum; [gram.] receptacle, location, sense of the locative case. Aadheya – contained, supported. Aadhaar aadhey sambandh - mutual dependent relationship, relationship of container and contained. Aadhaarbhut - authentic; authoritative; reliable. Aadhi - mental anguish, psychological illness. Aakaankshaa - desire, hope; aspiration; [gr.] expectation, expected presence, of word necessary to complete a sense. Aadhin – subjugated, obedient, submission, dominate. Aadi -first, of the beginning, initial; chief, premier; original; of the earliest time; beginning; primary, original, cause; [math.] first term. Aadi purush -first progenitor or ancestor of a clan or family; Vishnu; Brahma, the Creator. Aaditya - the sun; any one of the twelve sons of Aditi; the number twelve (12). Aadodaai - crookedness; obstinacy, waywardness; intransigence. Aadya - first; primeval; original. Aagaar - exceptions Aagam – scriptural knowledge, Aagam means nature of the substance- vastu ka swabhav ko agam kahate hai. (parmarth vachanika mokshmarg prakashak page 342). Principles as depicted in the scripture is known as aagam. Aagam paddhati means the tradition coming from time infinite in the past ( parmarth vachanika par gurudev shri ke pravachan page 39), Vastu no !2 swabhav te aagam, karma paddhati te aagam, paryaay swabhaav is known as aagam. What has come down from tradition. The written form of the nature of the universal substances as propagated by Omniscient Lord. (Ref: Shrimad Rajchandra Vachanaamrut page 761) Aagam padddhati - where there is description of transmigration and also karma bondage. auspicious, inauspicious, inflow bondage and non living description comes then it is known as agam paddhati. In Aagam paddhati there is karma related description comes. ( parmarth vachanika chapter 4 aagam and adhyaatma mein anantata). The non living material karma and with the association of it there is inclination of infatuation in the soul is known as karma paddhati or aagam paddhati. This is the pathway to transmigration. According to Niyamsaar ( page 24 in Kaaran Shuddh paryaay book) aagam paddhati means it is the one which deals with the transient nature of the mode. Soul has capacity in its mode to make deluded state. This information is there in aagam paddhati. Aagam pramaan – scriptural proof- jinvaani. Aagantuk - coming all of a sudden or uninvited; adventitious; strange. m. guest; traveller; chance visitor. Aagiyo -glow-worm; kind of white juwar; a disease attacking it; a plant which causes a burning sensation if touched, ammanina vesicatoria; the king of ghosts or evil spirits, Vetal. Aagnaa- order, command; permission, revelation, discipline. Aagnaa aaraadhan - adoration of command. Aagnaankit - obedient, Aagrah - earnest desire, earnestness; importunity, pressure; strong determination; insistence; obstinacy. Aahaarak labdhi - extra ordinary power of translocation. Aahaarak mishra kaay yog - vibration in the soul’s space points during completion of aahaar sharir. Aahaar sangnaa - animate feelings for food Aahaarak Sharir - assimilative body, translocational body which emanates from body of a saint a that sixth gunsthanak stage. Aahaarak sharir angopaang - primary and secondary parts of aahaarak sharir. Aahaarak sharir bandh - bondage of aahaarak varganaa for formation of assimilative body. Aahaarak sharir naam karma prakrtuti - a type of physique making karmic nature causing formation of translocational body- assimilative body. Aahaarank varganaa - a kind of karmic molecule causing body formation. Aahaarya - brought it from out side, artificial, Aahvaanan – invocation, invitation, desire to invite the holy one. Aakaankshaa - desire, hope; aspiration; [gr.] expectation, expected presence, of word necessary to complete a sense. Aakaar - form, stature, shape, self and non self substance, their attributes and modes ( pravachansaar gatha 124) Aakar - ocean,mine; storehouse, collection Aakar granth -reference book (of information) Aakhyaan - tale, story, (esp. mythological); legendary story. Aakultaa – perplexity, mystified, confused, happiness associated with restlessness. Aalamban - support, prop; shelter. Aalingan - embrace, clasp. Aalochan - intuition, intuitional recognition, perceptual cognition, Aalochanaa - ;soul’s experience of separation from the fruition of karma in present state, self criticism, confession, the report of sin committed. Aalochanaa praayaaschit - repentance for self criticism Aalochanaa shuddi - modification by criticism. Aalochavu - to know and not to join in the fruition of karm a. - embrace, clasp. Aalochit - one who has confessed his faults, Aalok - prakaash, light, Aamnaay -the Vedas; the Vedas inclusive of the Brahmanas, the Upanishdas and the Aranyakas; religious sect or doctrine; good manners, etiquette; tradition, usage. Aanayan -bringing; sacred-thread ceremony. Aanth drasti - eight stages of personality growth. Eight stages of evolution. Aanupurvi naam karma - migratory form of body karma. Aapadaa - calamity; danger; sorrow; difficulty. Aapt– authentic, related; connected by consanguinity or affinity; reliable, trustworthy; authoritative; obtained, acquired. m. trustworthy, reliable, authoritative, person. Aapt kise kahate hai? Who is called the trustworthy soul? Jo pratyaksha gnaan se samast padartho ka gnaataa (sarvagna) hai aur param hitopadeshi hei, vah aapt hai. One who has knowledge of all the objects with his direct knowledge ( experienced knowledge) and one who gives discourses for helping others is known as trustworthy soul - aapt. Arihants are aapt. One who knows all the universal substances and then lets others know about the nature of these substances in right manners is “aapt”. (ref. Shrimad Rajchandra Vachanaamrut page 761) Aapt is the one who has obtained complete passionless state and also is all knower and giving discourses to others to further their spirituality is known as aapt. Vitraagi, sarvagn ane hitopadeshi ne aapt kahevaay chhe. He is without 18 faults like hunger thirst etc. ( Ratnakand Shraavakaachaar slok no 5) Aapta mimaanshaa - The creation of the scripture by Swami Samanthbhadra. It describes Tirthankar’s sarvagnataa and also syaadvaad principles are explained. Aaraadhak - one who is worshipping, worshiper, aspirant Aaraadhan - adoration, worship; propitiation. Aaraadhanaa – adoration, worshiping, worship; service. Aaraadhya - one who gets worshipped. Aarambh - beginning, start, commencement; preparation; undertaking, to inflict violence to animal, to perform act of violence, wherever is aarambh, there is parigrah. Aarambh and parigrah are ekaarth vaachi. Aarambh samaarambh - to inflict violence to animal is aarambh and to acquire the material to inflict violence is known as samaarambh !4 Aarop - imputation, accusation; charge of guilt. Aaropan - attributing the properties of one thing to another; accusation, charge; founding, establishing; planting. Aaropavu - attribute the properties of one thing to another; ascribe; put a false charge on, accuse; string, thread, beads etc.; insert; plant, implant; apply, devote. Aaropi - the accused. Aaropit - aupaadhik rupe, altered inclination due to alien belonging, Aarthic - prayojan, motive, Aartra - pain, trouble. Aartra dhyaan - painful meditation. Aartra dhyan - painful concentration, mournful concentration Aaryaa - respectable woman, woman of a noble family; Aaryaahaa - tirthankar, gandhar, acharya, upaadhyaay, muni, pancham gun sthan varti shraavak, samkiti jiv. Aarya - noble person, civilized person, virtuous person. Aarya bhumi - place where noble persons live. Aaryikaa- female ascetic. Aasaadan - denial, disregard for knowledge. Aasakti - attachment, deep love. Aasan - posture. Aashankaa -doubt, suspicion; apprehension Aashcharya - surprise, wonder; wonderful incident, miracle, marvelous, Aashcharyakaarak - surprising, wonderful. Aasrav - inflow, Aasravan - coming, arrival, Aasray - shelter, refuge, support, temaa tenaathi thaay chhe ane par thi nathi thaatu Aashray rup- supporter. Aasrit - dependent Aasthaa – leaning Aashray – refuge, shelter, support Aastikya - faith in Omniscient lord, holy scriptures and enlightened true teachers. Aatap - warming light Aastikya – faith in the omniscient lords. Aasvaad -tasting; enjoying, eating. Aataap - inauspiciusness , paap. Aatmaangul -