GLOSSARY

This is a simplistic glossary of terms. This glossary is not intended to be complete or thorough. It is only a
guide. It is provided to quickly access access and understand the words used by Dadashri in his satsang.

The words of The Gnani Prush Dadashri are verily the ones that liberate. Traditional dictionary meanings of
words, which have arisen in satsang with Dadashri, are often inadequate. This is because His words encompass
literal meaning (shabdaarth), intent meaning (bhavaarth), and final meaning from the perspective of the Self
and Self-realization (parmaarth). The list that follows is a modest attempt to convey all three components where
possible. Any unresolved meaning can only be processed in the presence of The Gnani. The English letters are
used as pronounced in Gujarati.

These words are frequently compounds of shorter words. If you are confronted with a particular long word,
try to break it into component parts and look for the meanings of those parts. The meanings given by Dadashri
will not be found in any dictionary. They are form the perspective of the enlightened vision.

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Aachaara
Conduct

Aacharan
Behavior;
Enactment of undertaken vows from the perspective of doer-ship.

Aacharya

Foremost religious guide or worthy preceptor, adept and accomplished in the disciplines and doctrines,
expounded by the Arihants [the Living Absolutes]; Often a suffix for reverence.
Spiritual Master
Dadashri used this term only for those who have attained the Self, and are directing those who are in the
process of progressing on the path of Self-realization. They have yet to attain full omniscience.

Aadesh
Directive; Command; Consent
Aadhar
Support
Aadhi
Mental suffering or problems; Psychological pain
Aadi
The beginning; Origin
Aagam
(Agama, Aagama, Agamas); Scriptures of Jain religion.
Canonical literature
The knowledge or experience of the Self in the form of words of the Gnani
Aagaman
To come to
Aagnaa
Instructions usually given by God or his Saint; Command
Commandments; Directives; Instructions; Order; Dictate. Also used as Agna

Aagraha
The tendency to do what has been internally decided; Force; Strict belief
Fanatic belief; Insistence

Aahara
Nourishment, food intake

Aakarsha
Desire, attraction
Aakashdravya
The element which gives space to all

Aakrosh
Anger; Verbal abuse
To become angry

Aalochana
Recall; Confession; Sensing.(Aalocanain Sanskrit)
Heart-felt avowal or confession of ones guilt or misdeed before the Guru or God or the Self within; Critical appraisal of ones
real self;
Critical self-examination.

Aanand
Bliss; Permanent happiness. See sookh

Aanusangik
Progress towards the Self

Aapta
Trustworthy; One who assimilates the essence and propagates the true meaning;
Authentic
One who brings forth the essential meaning of the true nature of things, once having known all the elements.

Aara
Rotation of the Cosmic Time cycle. Infinite time has aeons or cycles, each with two eras:
(a) The Avasarpini- gradually regressive serpentine time round. (b) The Utsarpini- gradually progressive serpentine time
round. They follow each other in succession. Each era is further divided into six periods or Cosmic Rotations [Aaras]. Of
these , we live in the Fifth Cosmic Rotation, namely Dusham of the Avsarpini. Of this 2600 years are over. In Mahavideh
Kshetra, there is eternally the Fourth Cosmic Rotation , namely Dusham-Sushama. There is a permanent presence of the
Tirthankaras at Mahavideh.

Aaradhana
Devout worship and devotion; Spiritual practice. To proceed with doubtless devotion and energy.

Aarambha
Inception or first flash of idea; Commencement; Beginning of any action; The work of violence. All entry into the
realm of the non-Self is violence. The first internal entry into the process of the antahkaran, denoting the commencement of
an internal action which then follows as an act.
[ Note : This is all through the "signature' of the doer ego ],

Aart
Repressive or self-tormenting; Suffering (adjective).

Aartadhyana
Experiencing worries or suffering without hurting or spilling over to any other living entity.
The interest and focus or desire for something external to Self; Worries associated with the sense of loss of that which is alien
to the Self.

In Dadashri's words this is a form of adverse meditation. Preoccupation with those whom one is attached to is also arta
dhyana

Aarati
Heart-pouring in prayerful plea; Waving of lamps in Aarati symbolically suggests plea for Pure Light within, dispelling
the darkness of ignorance.
Lamp waving ceremony, as one sings devotional hyms as offering of inner intent to a deity.

Aartta
Suffering

Aarya
The best ( referring to the Lord Jineshwar, the one desirous of Moksh, and as well as to all who reside in the Arya
land). Those who wish to proceed in the path of perfection from imperfection.
Aarya aachar
Good actions or behaviors : Piety, Truth, Forgiveness etc
.
Aarya desh
The best land where one can mediate on the Self- Atma, and progress in Self-knowledge

Aarya vichaar
Thoughts and realization about the permanence of the soul and obstructing karmas

Aasakta
One with attachment

Aasakti
Strong Attachment; Covetous cleavage; Weakness

Aascharya
Extraordinary event

Aashram
Resting place

Aasrava, Astrava
Influx; Inflow
Obstruction from karmas that limit progress in knowledge. Inflow, attraction of karmik particles.

Aastikya
One who is absorbed in the teachings of the truly detached liberated great souls

Aatma
God within the creature is known as Atma or Purush. The Real Self , or Soul ; also denotes the Supreme Soul or
Paramatma
The highest or true Self as distinct from the conciousness or ego.

Aatmanubhava
Self realization; Self enlightenment
Experiencing and realizing the Atma; Experience of the Soul

Aatmanubhuti

Experience of the self by the Self

Aatmarthi
One who is concerned only about the gain for the Atma

Aatmavaad
Addressing the Aatma or Soul

Aatmaveerya
Energy of the Soul

Aatmic
Pertaining to Soul

Aatyantik
Excessive

Final

Aavaran
Veil; Cover curtain; Obscuration
Aavaraniya
Obscuring

Aayu
The Quantum of Life or Vitality, not years; Karma fixing it is Aayu Karma

Aayu-karma
Life-span-determining karma

Aayus
Longevity

Abandh
Non-binding activity; Absence of the inflow of Karmic Matter towards the Self

Abhaav
(abhava) No feelings or attitude towards; No opinion, Non-existence; Negation; Non-perception;

Abhavya
One who is not likely to attain knowledge of the Soul and liberation called moksha.
One who is unlikely to attain moksha; Reprobate

Abhayadaan
To give protection; literally means release from fear eg. Save animals;
Total redemption

The state which incites no fear in any living being.

Abhayapada
Position from which there is no fear of fall

Abhilaasha
Deepest desire

Abhudaya
Facilitation of worldly comforts; Prosperity or uplifting in the relative world

Abhyantar
Inner

Abhyas
Study. A regular practice. Discipline

Abudha
Simple and Open, being free from intellectualism; Being, sans intellect, is Abudhapad

Or the state of Gnan in which the intellect does not arise at all. This is the state of the Gnani.

Achetan
Inanimate or Non-living; Devoid of Consciousness of the Self.

The other five eternal elements namely, pudgal, dharmastikaya, adharmastikaya, akash, and kaal. Otherwise known
as the complex of the five eternal elements: matter, inertia, motion, space and time.

Achit
Without life or soul

Achyuta
Firm

Adeetha tapa
Invisibility austerity; Invisible penance
Inner penance

Adharma
Religious demerit; Activities not leading to Self or liberation. Unrighteousness

Adhikaran
Dependence

Adhikaran-kriya
Those acts which promote and lead to dependence

'I am Chandulal' is the beginning of adhikaran kriya

Using instruments of destruction;
Having weapons of hurtfulness

Adhishthaan
Substratum. Support
The Lord Hari from whom the world was born, within whom it exists and in whom it finally ends
Basic foundation

In Dadshri's words, 'I am Chandulal' is the foundation of the world.

Adhista
Appropriate

Adho-loka
The lower world; The home of infernal beings

Adhyaas
Superimposition; Delusion

To become that which you believe your self to be.

Adhyakshan
Till now

Adhyatma
The study of the Self; Relating to the Atma, the Soul; Science of Inner Vision

Adhyatmamarga
Path towards the Atma; Inner effort to detach oneself from worldly bonds
The path that leads to the Self

The path of liberation from worldly entanglements.

Advaita
Non-duality. State of oneness with all. Philosophy that there is nothing more than one soul or Brahma in the Universe;
Monism

Advee
Indecorous

Aghati
Non-obscuring;

Aghati-karma
Effect of deeds, karmas that asserts on the mortal frame of a soul, without veiling or obscuring the essential
attributes of the pure Self. They are:
(a) Aayu (b) Nama (c) Gotra and (d) Vedaniya
Aghatiya
Karmas that generate embodiment and particular conditions thereof
Non-destructive karmas

Agiyarmu gunasthanak
Eleventh step on the path of liberation; State when all worldly attractions are overcome

Overcoming all effects of greed leads to this state.

Agnaan
Also Agnana. Knowledge not attended by the right belief
Ignorance; Also termed Ajnana. Gnani's terminology; Ignorance of the Self. Any knowledge that is not leading to the Self.
Ignorance
Wrong belief caused by ignorance of the Self
Delusionary knowledge

'I am Chandulal' is agnan

Agnaani
One who is living the worldly life; Sansari without any knowledge (experience) of the Real; See Moodhhatma; One
who sees this relative world as Real.

Agni
Fire

Agni-kaayik
Fire-bodied soul

Agopya
Evident; Not concealed

Aguru-laghu
Neither heavy nor light
Property of being dimensionless; That can not be described in size

The Self.

Agurulaghutva
Equality of status; Not under any pressure of deviation from the balance of the state of the Self

Neither heavy nor light.

Aham
Ego

ego force.

'I am Chandulal' is ego.

'I am Chandulal' with force is aham

Ahamkar
Identification with one's ego
Ego (I am Chandulal).Also Ahamkar in Hindi, Egoism when ego is in action. ( I am The doer)
Evolute of maya

Ahimsa
Non-harming; Non-violence; Non-hurting any living being through body, mind and speech
also Ahinsa
Aisvarya
Opulence; Spiritual powers
Divine powers, fortune

Powers that enlighten others as well.

Ajanma
Unborn; Without birth

Ajiva
Inanimate; lifeless
Non-self; Non-living; sub-divided into (i) Matter
(ii) Space (iii) Time (iv) Dynamic Quality (Dharma) and (v) Static Quality (Adharma).
Non-sentient entity; Insentient; Non-soul

Akaash
Space

Akarama bhoomi
The land of enjoyment only and hence not conducive towards attainment of Self realisation and moksha

Akarta
Non-doer

Akhuta
That which never finishes or empties

Akram
Without a specific method or step or order

Akram marg
Dadashris Stepless Path to Liberation; His science of Absolutism

Akram vignan
Dadashri's step less path to liberation; Science of Absolutism

Akshaya
Forever; Eternal; That which can never be destroyed.

Alaukik
Grand; Extraordinary; Godly; Beyond this world; Real

Alaukik dharma
Exceptional and extraordinary path to the Real; Nontraditional or non-customary religion.

Amar
Immortal

Amurta
Formless; That which lacks appearance, touch, smell and substance; Invisible
Anaachaar
Sin; Bad action; Failure of vow

Anaadi
Having no beginning

Anaadianant
Eternal; Without a beginning or an an end

Anaahaari
One who does not eat or drink
Anaatma
Non-Self ; Inanimate things

Anakar
Formless; Undetermined

Anand-swaroop
The State of bliss

Anant
(ananta); Endless; Infinite

Anant darshan
Absolute infinite perception, enlightened vision

Anant gnan
Absolute infinite knowledge; A synonym for kevalajnana
Kevala gyana; Perfect Knowledge

Anantanubandhi kashayas
The most intense type of passion which leads to infinite bondage and births and obstructs Self Realization
Tenacious passions; passion that pursue from the limitless past, preventing the attainment of samyak darshan, right vision.

Anantcharitra
State attained when all mohaniya karma ( the one that deludes the Self) is overcome

Anantkaaya
That which contains innumerable lives

Anant sukh
Infinite bliss

Ananya bhaav
Pure (shuddha) open and eager bhaav; Matchless devotion

Ananya sharan
Surrender with the highest devotion; Matchless surrender

Anarambha
Sinless; Innocent

The State of the Self

Anekaant
Accepting of different views and perspectives in dharmas; Non-absolutism

Anekanta-vada
Doctrine of non-absolutism
Philosophy accepting different views

Anindriya
Quasi-sense

Anna
Food

Annaniya
Agonistics

Antaratma
Inner Self
Antahskaran
(Also Antahkarana). The inner organ , comprising of mun or manas( mind ),buddhi ( intellect or determinative
faculty ), chitta or citta (function of two components which are gnan and darshan ) and ahamkar ( ego ).
Internal instrument such as mind, intellect, ego and the chit
The inner psychic instrument; mental faculty, giving prompt response or reaction to anything
Composite form of mind, intellect, ego etc

Antaraaya
Hindrance
With reference to antaraya karma: that which limits the achievement of any goals.
Obstructing karma
Karma that restricts the energy-quality of the soul
Inflow of obstructive Karma

Antaradrashti
Sight into Self

Antardhaan
To become invisible; Invisibility

Antaratma
Inner soul possessed of true knowledge; Interior self
The state of perceiving the self within.

Antar-bhav
The state of existence between death and birth

Antardaah
Inner turmoil; Restlessness

Antardashaa
The inner state; interim state.

Antardrishti
Introspection. Looking at the errors within.

Antargnan
Knowledge of Soul

Antarmukha
Faced within; Meditative

The vision of the enlightened self

Antarvrutti
Inner activity

The tendency to revert to the bliss of the Self, only possible after Self realisation.

Antaryaami
Inner witness
Indweller; The One who resides within.; The Supreme Lord; The Self.

Anu
Atom

Anubhav
Experience

Anubhuti
Experience
Anuchar
Servant; Care giver

Anugaamin
Following

Anugrah
Grace; Piety; Higher help.

Anukampa
Compassion towards all suffering

Anumod
To support

Anusaar
Accordingly

Anushthan
Religious activity

Anuvrata
Small vow; Five minor vows against: violence, falsehood, stealing, carnality and possessiveness

Apadhyana
Thinking ill of others
Perverted meditation

Adverse meditaion, that which leads away from the Self.

Aparamaarthika
Emperical; Not in the interest of the higher good.

Not conducive to salvation, freedom.

Aparigraha
Nonpossession

Apeksha
Expectation

Apkaya
Life forms or jivas formed from water

Apramaadi
One who always strives to be aware of the Self
Constantly awakened to the state of the Atma

Apratibaddha
Without attachment

Without bondage

Apta
Realised

Apta-vachana
Statement of an authentic personality

Statement of the Self realised.

Apurva
Unprecedented

Apvada
Criticism; Insult

Apvaada

Unusual, unique, non-traditional, exceptional; as in- Akram Path

Apvarga
Liberation; Moksha

Arati
Displeasure in regard to sense activities
Dissatisfaction

rati is pleasure
(cf: The lamp-waving ceremony = Aarti)

Arihant
The one without Passion; The conqueror of all passions-kashaya;
Realized soul with kevala jnana, absolute knowldge

Aropit
Existance at false location, e.g. I am Chandulal

Aropitbhaav
Feeling of existence, acceptance of this existence as real, e.g. I am Chandulal. Deluded world view

Arpan
Surrender; Offering

Artadhyaana
Mournful meditation.does not cause harm to others. See Raudra-dhyana

Artha
Thing perceived. See Paramartha

Arupi
Without form

Asakti
Mental disability

Asamkhyata
Innumerable; Countless

Asanga
Not influenced; Without company

Asangapanu
No interest in company except when concerned with the Atma

Asariri; ashareeree
Free from embodiment; A Siddha; The state of the Gnani
One not concerned with the body; One who is established as the Self

Ashaata
Pain; Sorrow
Ashaatavedaniya
What causes unpleasant feeling; pain-feeling; That which brings pain
The inflow of pain bringing feeling

Ashubha
Unpleasant
Nonbeneficial; Paapa; Inauspicious or sinful (karma); See Shubha
Unwholesome

Asrava; Aashrava; Aastrava

Influx of Karmic matter into the nature of soul; Inflow, karmic
The attraction of good or bad matter by the soul in virtue of its mental, verbal and physical activity.
The thought-activity invites the karmic matter to the soul.

Astikaya
One with substances from many different worlds

Astikya
Belief in transmigration of the soul

Astitva
Existence; the real basis; The true nature of anything

Atichaar
Faults (dosh) committed without intentions to commit errors.

Atikraman
Aggression through thoughts, speech or action.

Atindriya
Beyond the reach of senses

Atindriya-pratyaksa
Super-sensuous intuition

Atindriya Sukh
Spiritual bliss

Atma ramanta
To be absorbed in the Self

Atma sakshatkara
Self-realization.

Atmabodh
The Knowledge of the Self

Atmadarshan
Vision of the Self

Atmadharma
Religion of the Self

Atmadhyas
Experiencing the Self.

Atmagnan
Knowledge of the Self.

Atmagnani
The One who has known the Self and is the Self.
Atmananda
The bliss of the Self

Atmanishtha
Faith in the Soul's inherent powers

Established in the qualities of the Self.

Atmanubhava
Experience of Atma ; the experience of the Self;
Abiding in ones own nature, the Self.

Atma-swaroop
The essential nature of the Self

Being the Self.

Atma-yoga
Attunement with the Self

To join with the Self.

Atmayogeshwar
Ever attuned to the Supereme, Absolute, Pure Self

The Enlightened Self

Atmayogi
One, for ever in harmony with pure Self.

Aatmic bhaav
Soul Consciousness

Atyantabhaav
Absolute non-existence

Avadhaan
Display of the ability to concentrate and attend to multiple activities simultaneously

Avadhi
Visual; Clairvoyance

Avadhi gnan
Transcendental knowledge of material substances; Knowledge of recognising play of pudgal without the aid of
physical senses; Knowledge of the distant, non-sensible in time or space. Clairvoyance
Visual intuition
The third level of knowledge where one can know things beyond the capability of the senses; clairvoyance

Avasarpini
Descending round; Regressive half-cycle

Avasarpinikaal
The descending stretch in the cycles of Time, when powers of all living things slowly decline; lasts for 10 kodakodi
saagar;
Regressive half-cycle

Avastha
State of things, state of events, state of feelings
Avasthit
Circumstantialised; Absorption of the self in a phase of life.

Having come under the snares of circumstances.

Avdhignan
Transcendental knowledge of material things
Knowledge of the nature of a thing within the limitations of physical elements- Space,Time and Feeling

Avinashi
Eternal

Avinaya
Disrespect

Avirata
Vowlessness; Non-renunciation; One who is without self-control.

Virati means to stop, from the perspective of the Self. Avirati means to be continued in the meditation as the Self. In the non-
Self world the above meaning applies.

Avirati
Intense attachment; Non abstinence; Non renunciation
Nonrestraint

The state of ignorance

Avivek
Discourteous; Indiscriminate; Unable to decide between the truth and untruth, the beneficial and the harmful

Avtar
Also Avatar. Incarnation. Incarnation of God or Goddess into a human or animal form; To enter into a body

Avyabaadha
Superiority over joy and grief
Non-interferring
Without restriction or pain

The quality of the Self, which is beyond pleasure or pain, which does not cause pain nor feels pain.

Avyakta
Unexplainable; Neutral

That which has not expressed. eg the Self in the one who believes 'I am Chandulal', is avyakta.

Avyaya
That which never ages or disintegrates

Ayogipad
The highest pinnacle of spiritual ascent: the last Guna-Sthana or the last stage of spiritual evolution, when all the
vibrations of mind, speech, body totally stop. This too-brief stage makes the soul Kevalin

Ayu-karma
Karma that determines the span of a given time; Longevity determining karma

B
Baahyabhav
External; Worldly desires and emotions

Bahiratma
Exterior self; Perception of the external as the Self

Bandha
Attracted matter had actually become a part of our body, i.e., when it has become bound to the soul as the body is
already bound to it.
Bondage
Karmic bondage
The matter comes and binds the soul.
Bondage. Activity that binds the self by karmic matter

Bandhan
The state of bondage; Energy that brings about karmic influx

Bhaan
Awareness. Here, awareness of the Real. Dada also used the term Bhon

Bhaang
An intoxicating drink

Bhaashya
Detailed criticism (literary)

Bhaav
(Also Bhava) Mental attitude. Feelings, Intention, actuality. The state that distinguishes the Soul
Psychical factor
A word that is closest to emotion or wish but has also part of the meanings of the words result, property, substance
Belief; Identification through feeling and thinking; Emotional existence; State of feeling or thinking
State that distinguishes the Soul

Bhaav himsa
Inner violence; "Charge " violence

Bhaav karma
Charge karmas; Deed through the impact of ones belief or state of thinking;

Bhaav mana
Psychic mind. In Dadashris terminology all bhava is in the relative sphere and is linked to
charging of karmas

Bhaav-abhava
Absence of identification, with the consequential discharge; Perception of any activity-charge-as a passing phase.

Bhaavana
Mental attitude. Contemplation
Here, an article, showing the path of undifferentiated cognition of the Self, supporting practice
Meditation; Contemplation

Bhaavarth
Meaning with reference to internal feeling

Bhaavendriya
Sense, deep inner intent, as a mode of the soul

Bhaavitavyataa
Destiny

Bhaavnindra
Delusion resulting in attachment and abhorence (raag and dwesh)
'I am Chandulal' is bhaavnindra.

Bhaav puja
The internal aspect of a devotional practice

Bhaavsamadhi
Stillness of the Atma being free from bhaavs

Bhaavshoonya
Without bhaava

Bhadaran
A town in India where Dadashri had his childhood and adulthood.

Bhagwan
The Lord within. Prabhu; Paramatma- attributes to the Arihant or the Liberated Soul.

Bhagwan Mahavir Swami

The Twenty fourth Tirthankara on this earth. The last One in the present Avsarpini Kaal, decending time cycle.

Bhagwan Rushabhdev or Rishabhdev

The First Tirthankara, the Absolute Scientist; First sociologist, reformer, administrator, agrituralist. He renounced the
kingdom, entrusting the throne to his eldest son, Bharat; First initiator of Tri-Mantras; also known as Dada - Lord Adishwar

Bhajan
Religious song in praise of God

Bhakta
Devotee

Bhakti
Devotion; Self surrender in devout worship; Reverence
In Dada's terminology -- a) to approach nearer and nearer to the Self
b) to follow as instructed by Gnana

Bharat
Son of Lord Rishabdeva, the first chakravarti

Bharat kshetra
See Jambu Dwip; This world of ours

Bhasma
Ash

Bhav Sansar
Realm of births

Bhavishya
Future

Bhavya
Worthy of Liberation; soul that may attain moksha;
One who is capable of attaining moksa

Bhavya
Likely to attain moksh

Bhaya
Fear

Bhed
Disjunction; Difference
Bhed gnan
The knowledge that separates the Self and the non-Self;

Bhed Vignani
The one who knows and is able to separate the Self and the non-Self.

Akram Vignani Dadashri.

Gnani Purush Dadashri.

Bhoga
Enjoyment

Bhoga-bhumi
Realm of enjoyment; Land of enjoyment

Bhoot
Past. see Bhavishya and vartman

Bhraant purushartha
Deluded activities without realizing the Self. without becoming a Purush (Self). Egocentric activities

Bhraanti
Delusion
Illusion; Wrong belief; Ignorance

Bhratuhari
Name of a great yogi and King who realized the Self through painful life experiences.

Bhuta
As in panch mahabhuta These are five elements - Space, Air, Fire, Water, Earth

Bija
Seed. Root

Bodha
Sacred teachings

Knowledge

Brahmaa
One of the demi-gods- the creator of the Universe

Brahmaswarup
Oneness with Brahman , the Self; God-realised

Self realised

Brahmaand
Universe

Brahmachaari
Celibate; One who has reached the tenth level of Spiritual path of enlightenment....goonsthanak.

Brahmacharya
The state of freedom from all aspects of sexuality, through thoughts, speech and acts. The State of the Self.

Other definitions:

A life of Celibacy and chastity, devoted to the attainment of the Self.

To delve in the Self
Control of sexual energy. State of life of learning and purity
Brahman
Absolute; the Self

Brahmanishtha
Residing as the Self

Brahmanna
Ignorance and illusion

Brahmin
A person belonging to one of the four classes of the Hindu Society, expected to be performing and in the pursuit of
religion, spiritual practices, scriptural study etc

Buddhi
Vivid determination; Intellect; Knowledge
Intelligence; The determinative faculty of the mind which makes decisions; Rationalizing faculty of mind, which shows profit
and loss in the worldly affairs.

Chaitanya
Pure consciousness;

Life behind that which appears alive.

Chaitanya swaroop
The State of the Self

Chaitanyaghan
One filled with virtues of absolute knowledge

Chakravarti
King of Kings; Lord of six continents; Supreme lords

Chakshurdarshana
Undifferentiated cognition conditional upon the eye
Visual perception
Visually evident; what can be seen by the eyes
Eye-intuition

Charam shareer
Super-fine and lustrous body
The last body that the Atma has before liberating to moksha, final liberation into siddha state

Charan
Feet. (see Soocharan)

Charitra
Character; Irreproachable moral conduct
Right conduct

There are two types of conduct, the worldly or the non-Self and the Self.

Charitramoha
Deluded conduct
That conduct of the non-Self that remains after the Self has separated. It is, as Dadashri says, Discharge moha. The
awakened one within is free from the illusion, and hence it is called charitra moha, discharge moha. As opposed to the
delusion of the worldly being whose moha is called darshan moha because he beleives that he is Chandulal and this is
happening to him.
Character-deluding; Which deludes the right conduct
Charitra-mohaniya
Conduct deluding(karma)
What deludes the right conduct

For the mahatmas of Dadashri this is applicable to the non-Self, and hence will discharge and not delude any more beyond
the discharge.

Charnavinda
Lotus feet

Of the Gnani liberator.

Chaturgati
The four worlds of existence within which the soul migrates: god or deva, human form, existence in hell and existence
as a beast or plant

Chaturindriya
Four-sensed (touch, taste,smell and sight)

Chaud loka
Fourteen Cosmic Planes

Chetan
Life or living element; the Self; Pure; Unalloyed consciousness

Chetantatva
Along with Amrutatva, is a common attribute of the class of substance, or group of attributes, called Soul.
Consciousness

Chha kaya
Six bodies or forms of life - earthly, water, fire, vegetative, air and tras (with senses and feelings)

Chhadmastha
Soul which is still covered with karmas; One that has not achieved omniscience or Keval Gnan
A being involved in the world

Chinta
Discursive thought; Worries

Chit

The subtlest part of inner organ which takes exact pictures, visualizes inside without help of any external things; Roving
tendency or faculty of mind; Also citta, the function of the inner organ antahskaran which has properties of Gnan (knowledge)
and darshan (view)
Reflective and roving tendency or faculty of mind is chitvrutti.
Atma in the state of knowledge
Consciousness

Chit vruti
Prediliction or tendency to seek pleasure in non-Self (worldly pleasures)

Chovihaar
Renouncement of four substances at night: Khadya - food, Svaadhya - taste producing substances such as mint etc.,
Lehya - one that may be licked and Peya - drink, even water

Chovisi
Succession of twenty four Tirthankars in one era of Time-cycle, putting succintly Score-and-Four

D
Daal
Lentils
Daan
Charity; Beneficence; Alms giving
Beneficence, charity

Daata
Bestower

Dahivada
An Indian dish of dumplings dipped in yogurt.

Darshan
Vision. Direct experience of spiritual energies and forces.
Seeing; A view or an audience; State of Oneness of the perceiver and the perceived; Right Belief
View, may be external (Mithya, bahya, worldly) or internal (Samyak, antar, enlightened)
To see; To become evident from the senses or directly from the perspective of the Self without the need for thought or
imagination.
The sight or beholding of the deity or holy person with reverence or devotion

Darshan kriya
Urges for visual gratification
Infatuated desire to see a pleasing form

The term kriya here applies in the relative realm only.

Darshan moha
An infatuated state when one loses ones real identity in the object; Charge Moha
Delusion of attitude or vision
That which makes one forget the Self
Attitude-deluding or belief-deluding

Viewing the world as, 'I am Chandulal' and 'this is my world'.

Darshan mohaniya
One that attracts and deludes the self. Maya
Right-belief-deluding karmic matter
Attitude-deluding or belief-deluding (karma)
View-deluding karma

Darshanavaran
Intuition-covering (karma)

That which veils the right vision. The right vision is the vision of the Self.

Darshanavaraniya
Perception-obscuring karmas
That restricts realization of the Self.

Deha
Body

Dehadhyas
Superimposition of the physique and the physical over the Self.
The belief that I am the body or I am Chandulal

Derasar
Jain Temple

The temple of the tirthankaras.

Deshana
Immortal utterances of the Absolute or the Arihants; Divination
Instruction
The words that liberate for ever.

Dev gati
see Gati; Gati: migration of the Self into different states of existence

Dev loka
A cosmic plane where Celestial beings live. They are capable of changing forms, visiting other planes etc.
Abode of demi-gods

Deva
Deities
Heavenly beings; Ultimate divinity
The Celestial Beings
(Lit., shinning ones) Divine Beings. Devis, female. Celestial beings

Devadhidev
God of gods; The Supreme Lord

Dharma
Religion; Righteousness; Moral or social duty and law; Code of ethical conduct; What leads to prosperity and
emancipation; Religious merit;
Self-identify; The Principle of Motion. Real religion of the Self.

The inner(innate) property of a thing, which governs its growth. See goona or guna, religion, morality (in worldly sense)
duty; that which liberates us from the dukkha of the world and leads to true joy of the Atma
Attribute

Dharmadhyaan
Analytical meditation; Virtuous concentration;

Absence of adverse meditative states of inner or outer violence, arta or raudra dhyana through attainment of right vision

[Dada explains: When someone throws a stone at you and you get hurt, that person is just a nimit and whatever happened is
a result of fruition of your own past karmas, this awareness is dharmadhyaan.]

Dharmastikaya
That which supports living creatures, just as water supports fish

The eternal element that stills a living entity in space. Inertia as opposed to motion.

Dhoti
White cotton or linen garment wrapped around the waist and tucked in.

Dhravya
Physical substance which exists externally
Substance which undergoes modifications but which by nature, is imperishable
External;

Eternal element. There are six such elements. Matter, space, motion, inertia, time and the Self.

Dhravya himsa
Violence manifest through thoughts, speech or action

Dhun
Repeated singing of the Lord's name

Dhyana
Conciousness without thought. Contemplation; Meditation; Constant Vision
Concentration-internal austerity. Meditation
Dhyata
Meditator

Digambar
A Sect of Jainism, lit. sky-clad or naked, implying: nothing that is non-self merits owning
Sky-clad; name of the Jaina sect whose mendicants practice ascetic nudity

Dadashri's term for a digambar is the one who is as vast and naked as the sky, the Self.

Diksha
Initiation unto monkhood

Dadashri: The awakening of the Self after infinite lifetimes of slumber, the separation from the notion that 'I am this body'.

Divyachakshu
Divine eyes through which one sees the relative and the Real as separate

Drashta
Witness; Seer

Drashti
The process of perception, vision

Drashtipher
The change of vision or view e.g. from I am this body to I am pure Soul

Drashya
Objective world; External object

Drashti raag
Exclusive attachment to a particular view-point; monomania

Dravyakarma
Effect karmas; Karmas which obstruct knowledge- there 8 types

Dravyakriya
Pseudo-action

Dravyamun
Physical mind; Mind-quality substance

Effective mind

Dravya puja
Form of worship employing external objects

Dukha
Suffering or pain

Durlabh
Not attained; Attained only after taking pains

Not easily attained.

Dusama
Privation; Unhappy

Dusham kaal
The Fifth epoch [Ara], according to the Jain Chronology. The current times of crises and calamities, vices and woes
Also called Kaliyug
Dvaita
Dual; Duality

Dweendriya
Two-sensed (touch and taste)

Dwesh
Hatred in the pleasing and displeasing worldly objects of the five senses; Aversion;
Abhorrence. A situation arising out of ignorance of the Self. See raag.

Eeshwara
(see Ishwar) Pure nature

God

Ekaant
One-sided; Taking only one aspect of a many-sided thing e.g. Man is mortal and immortal regarded from the point of
view of body only.

Ekaantik
Single-minded; Single visioned
Viewing anything from a persistent focused perspective to the exclusion of other views

Ekagrata
One pointed ness. Concentrating on one thing at a time.

Ekavtaari
One more life

Ekendriya
A being with only one (namely, the tactile) sense faculty; a synonym for sthavar
One-sense creature

Farajiat
Compulsory, no choice, also known as Prarabdha, according Dadashri

Fariyaad

Complaint

G
Galan
Discharge; Disintegrating; Excretion or output . See puran and pudgal
Fission; Dissociation; Throwing out

Ganadhar
Chief disciple or apostle of the Tirthankar
Direct disciple of the Tirthankaras' Supporters of the order, i.e., the first mendicant disciples of a Tirthankara

Garbha
Conception. The womb
Gati
Migration of the Self into different states of existence: viz (i) Deva Gati - that of celestial beings, (ii) Narka Gati - that
of hellish denizens, (iii) Manushya Gati - that of human beings and (iv) Tiryanch Gati - that of non-human beings, like birds,
animals, insects, plants etc
Birth; Destiny
Condition of existence

Gautam Swami
A Brahmin scholar who became the first and the formost disciple, ganadhar of Bhagwan Mahavir Swami; main
compiler and editor of his Divinations; Fully self-realized; Incidentally he was a Vidhyadhar, named Vegavan in Mahavideh
Kshetra in his third previous life. His other names were Indrabhuti or Goyama

Ghaati karma
Destructive karma; That which veils or obscures the essential nature of the pure Self, and so called Ghati or
destructive: There are four such : (a) Gnanavaraniya that restricts knowledge of the Real (b) Darshanavaraniya that restricts
vision of the Real(c) Mohaniya that are delusive and cause attractions and finally (d) Antaraya that limit the achivement of
any goals of liberation.

Ghee
Clarified butter

Gnaat
Knowing; Knowledgeable (as in Gnat-putra)

Gnaata
The Knower or the seer (i.e. The Self).
The Observer is the Seer

The Knower is the Gnaata.

Gnaata-drashta

The Knower -The Seer

Gnaatpita
Giver of the ultimate knowledge

Father of Knowledge, The Gnani Purush.

Gnaatputra
Receiver of the ultimate knowledge

Gnan
Knowledge. Here knowledge of the Self or the Real (also Gnana, Gyana ,Gyan, Jyana;); Real Knowledge; Self-
realisation; Discriminating knowledge; Conciousness

Gnan agni
The fire of Knowledge

Gnan avaran
Veiling of knowledge

Gnan drashti
The view through knowledge, also known as Gnan darshan

Gnanpralaya
State of Ultimate realization

Gnan prayog
Effort of the Gnanihere the highest effort of the Gnani; see Gnan Vidhi

Gnanshakti
Power of knowledge; Energy of the Self
Gnan vidhi
Exclusive for Akram Vignan..see Gnan Prayog. This is the process of 48 minutes wherein the Gnani graces the
seeker and imparts the Knowledge of the Self.see Bhed Gnan

see Gnan Vidhi

Gnanaavaran; gnanaavaraniya
Knowledge-obscuring or knowledge-covering

Gnani
One in total Self-realization; The Absolute
One who has realised the Self. Also syn., Jnani or Gyani

The Self State.

Gnani Purush
One who has realized the Self and is able to do the same for others.

Gnanupayoga
Cultivation of knowledge; Being in the Self
Aware; Application of awareness of the Self

Focused awareness of the Self on the non-Self.

Gnanyoga
Internal spiritual activity

To join with the Self through knowledge

Gneya
Substances that are appropriate to know
also Jneya; The object to be known (i.e. the Non-Self)
Goona
Qualities born of nature. Also guna in Hindi
Quality(of substance) ; Attributes; Elements or energies

Goonathaanu
Also Goonasthana. Stages of spiritual development

Gotra
Status-determining; Family surroundings

Gotra karma
That which destines the family surrounding, rank etc. through ones birth
Status-determining karmas
Karmas that determine environmental circumstances
Karmas that bring forth gurutva-lagutva

Grahan
Cognition
Attainment of the status of Pure-Self; Realisation of the Self
Receiving; Grasping, opposite of Tyaga

Grantha
Book

Granthi
Knot of intense attachment or repulsion. Knot of delusion.

Gruhasthi
Householder; Devout follower who still runs a normal household
Guna
Qualities born of nature.....(also Goona); Attributes
Quality or trait. There are three: Rajas--active; Tamas--passive and Sattvas-- the balance of Rajas and Tamas

Gunasthaan
Stage of Spiritual development;
Stage of spiritual enlightenment; there are 14 such stages, each higher in range of gunas or virtues that are attained by the
vyavahaar atma (spiritual seeker) following the Right (samyak) path
That which is intrinsic and stays with each dravya...as compared with paryaya...which is the changing aspect of dravya

Guru
Master; Preceptor
'The dispeller of ignorance'. A guide. A realised perceptor who can guide the sincere.

The term guru is reserved only for the relative world in Akram Vignan. The Gnani who is eternally detached from the
thoughts, speech and act is no one's guru. He is the liberator and giver of moksha.

Gurukilli
The Master-key for a Guru (a spiritual guide)

That which will prevent a worldly guru from sinking.

Gurupurnima
Ashadhi Purnima - a holy festival-Disciples pay homage to their Guru, spiritual master
Full Moon

Gurutta, gurutva
Largeness; Heaviness

Guruttam
The most heavy and high; Topmost

Dadashri defines guruttam as that which destroys all spiritual efforts. It leads one into the snares of worldly entanglements. It
denotes the desire and inner efforts with consequent display of superiority and or the exercise of control and mastery over
fellow human beings. Desirable as it might be in worldly progress, it represents a major obstacle on the path of liberation. See
laghuttam...which is the opposite of guruttam

Hari
The Self; He who removes all obstacles

Himsa; hinsa
Violence; Injury; Harming;

Icchhaa
Desire.

Iccha shakti
The power of desire. The shakti or energy of desire

Indriya
An organ of sense, sense organ; Organs of perception and action

Indriyagamya
One that can be known by the senses
Indriya-pratyaksa
Knowledge born of 5 senses; Sensuous direct cognition
Sensory perception

Ishwar
(also Isvara; Eeshwara); God
God., with attributes , saguna. The Absolute or the Supreme Self , is without attributes , nirguna., Brahman.
Pure nature

Ishwar anugraha
The grace of God

Jaagruti
Awareness

Jaati karma
The variety of naama-karma that determines ones specific destiny

Jaati-smaran gnan
Knowledge of ones previous lives

Jada
Insentient.
Inert. Physical body without conciousness.

Matter devoid of chetan, life.

Jadataa
Denseness; Ignorance

Jagat
World. 'That which is always going'

Jain
One who studies the science of the Jinas or worship the Jinas, the Tirtahankaras

Jainism
A faith that preaches the path of Self-realisation and liberation through the conquest of the foes to the attainment of
the pure Self.

Jalebi
A sweet dish - swirl shaped batter fried and soaked in syrup

Jal-kaayik
Water-bodied

Jambudwip
As per cosmology by the Omni-scient Absolutes , the Universe [Cosmos] is, in shape, comparable to a symmetrically
built man, in whose extremities are hellish worlds; central portion encloses the animal and human worlds; breast, neck and
head are composed of the celestial worlds. Above these worlds of gods, there is Siddh-Sheeta. It is the central abode of the
Liberated Souls, who are ever radiant and in Bliss, free from all attachment or sorrow and suffering. In shape, it can be
likened to a canopy concave below and convex above.
Now the universe, as described above, has Mount Meru in the centre around which runs the first continent Jambudwip- The
Jambu Island, as it surrounded by the Lavana Samudra[Ocean]. In Jambu-dwip, there are 15 planes, inhabited by human
beings. They are Karma-Bhumi, offering scope of liberation to the inhabitants through endeavour and effort. These fifteen
planes are : 5 Mahavideh Kshetras + 5 Airavat Kshetras + 5 Bharat Kshetras.
We belong to Bharat Kshetra. Our earth, including India, is Arya-Khanda, a subdivision of Bharat Kshetra
Janak
Also known as Janak Videhi , an Indian king : an account of his Self realization can be found in the Ashtavakra Gita.

Janma
Birth

Japa(Jup)
Incantation
Repetition of some invocation or Gods name
literally , 'muttering ', but as an abbreviated form of nama-jap it means repetition of the name of God. See mantra Repetition
of some invocation or Gods name

Jai Sat Chit Anand ( Western world), Jai Sacchidanand (Gujarati)

Glory to Truth, Bliss and Joy Eternal-The attributes of Pureself
Sat= Eternal Chit= Awareness Anand= Bliss

SatChit= eternal awareness

Jai= glory, greeting of the glory to the ...

The Awareness Of The Eternal Is Bliss

Jeev
(also Jiva). The incarnated Atma. Worldly souls having bodies; Embodied souls; Atma; Essence of life
Soul; Individual self
Sentient entity; Living, Soul; Individual soul; Living creature.
The one who lives and dies

Jeevatma
The worldly nature of soul. Individual conciousness.

Jeevaastikaaya
Atma capable of true knowledge and realization; One that can exist in all the different realms

Jeevanmukti
Liberated while still in the body. Freedom from worldly life while living.
State of embodied freedom; Embodied beings free from bondage
Emancipation during life; Self Realisation
One who is liberated while still alive. Synonymous with Videhi. This is the first stage of Moksh that Dadashri's Akram Vignan
represents.

Jeevsattaa
Inherent power of a Jiva, sentient being

Jhokham
Danger

Jignaashaa
Inquisitiveness; Curiosity; Enquiry

Jignashu
Inquisitive person

Jina
Victor over love and hate (raag and dvesh); One who has realized the Self.
Spiritual victor, a synonym for a Tirthankara
Literally the victor; One who has attained omniscience

Jinendra
(also Jineshwar); The fully realised one. The enlightened one. Tirthankara
The Supreme Soul, Arihant, who has triumphed over all the foes to the Pure Self,Liberation Incarnate. [The Supreme Soul,
who has controlled his sense and subjects, and conquered all the passions and foes to the Pure Self.]
Jin-mudra
Posture of meditation of a Jina. Usually sitting in padhmasana withthe palm of the right hand resting on the palm of
the left.

Jivaatma (Jiva)
Embodied Soul
Individual soul.; Living creature; Charged self, a bound soul;

Jivan mukta
One who experiences liberation in this very birth
Embodied beings free from bondage
Emancipation during life; State of embodied freedom
One who is liberated while still alive
Syn. with Videhi. This is the first stage of Moksh that Dada talks about

Jivaatma dasha
A state of the worldly being who identifies himself with the body

Jup
Also Jap, Japa, literally 'muttering', but as an abbreviated form of nama-jap. It means
repetition of the name of God. See mantra. Repetition of some invocation or Gods' name.

Kaal
Period of existence of substance; Time

Kaaran
Primal Cause

Kaaran Sharira
Causal body

[Dada explains: A new subtle body created (in Agnanta) in process of discharging of past karmas. This will become a Kaarya
(effective body; discharging) sharir for the next life upon death. This is how life cycle continues from birth to birth.]

Kaarmana sharira
The transmigrating body of karmic matter
The essential body that is covered with knowledge obstructing karma

Kaarya
Effect; Work

Kaarya sarira
Effective body

[see Kaaran sharira]

Kaaya
Activity of the body
Extended entity; Movement of body

Kaayotsarga
To focus away from the body and to the Soul; meditate on the Self
Abandoning attachment to the body and contemplating on the Real Self; initial spiritual practice for any devine help, also
known as Kausagg
Abandonment of the body, a standing or sitting posture of meditation

Dadashri: To arise and remain above the thoughts, speech and acts.
Kadaagraha
Dogma

Kadhee
Soup made with chickpea flour, yogurt and spices, common in Gujarat

Kaivalya
The State of Omniscience or Absolutism
Pure knowledge

Kali-yug
The current time cycle also known as doosham kaal , characterized by a progressive decline in spiritual knowledge
and, consequently, the degeneration of human civilization.

Kalpanaa
Imagination

Kalpit
Imagined

Kalush
Sin

Kalyaan
Realization;. The state of one who has received Agnas in the path of Moksha

Kalyaanak
Auspicious moments

Kalyaanmurti
The one who liberates others

Karma
Actions operating through the law of "cause" and "effect"
Incomprehensible activity of life
There are three principal meanings :
(1) action,
(2) consequences of actions,
(3) destiny :
In Dada's terminology all action of current life is karmaphal- fruits of karma, and not karma. Activity in the material world ,
which always entangles one in some reaction , whether good or bad.
Deeds which leave the causes [Deed; causes of any doing].
Action that covers the soul and prevents realization

Karmabhoomi
Land of spiritual effort where mankind exist, engage in commerce and are subject to accumulation and discharge of
karma; the world suitable for achieving true knowledge and liberation

Karmaphal
Fruition of karmas charged from past life
The fruits; Result; Discharge ; Of action

Karma-vignan
Activity conciousness; The subjective mind

The scientific experiential knowledge of karma

Karma-yoga
External spiritual activity; Attainment of the Self through action

Karmendriya
Motor organs; Organs of action
Karmi
A person who has to go through the results of his previous karmas

Kartaa
Doer

Karunaa
Compassion. Piety

Karunya
Compassion

Kashaaya
Hidden desires. Passions (Anger, false pride, deceit, greed) that obstruct right knowledge and behavior; that extend
karma and involvement in the world;
Self-binding mental tendencies: anger, deceit, pride and greed

Keertan
Glorification of God; Singing in praise of God

Kevali
Absolute One; Pure and perfect
Autonomous

Keval Darshan
The Absolute; Undifferentiated Cognition
Perfect intuition
Perception associated with Keval gnan

Keval Gnan
Pure and perfect knowledge
The Omni-Science, Absolutism; Omniscient knowledge
Knowledge isolated from karmic obstruction; Infinite knowledge; Omniscience; Knowledge involving awareness of every
existent in all its qualities
Ultimate True and Complete Knowlege; Tantamount to attainment of moksha

Kevali
Absolutely alone
One who has attained kevalgnana, a synonym for Arhat
One in the State of Omniscience or Absolutism

Khatpatiaa Vitarag
Free from all attachments except for the design of showing others the path of liberation
Practical, shrewd detached Gnani

Khichadee
A simple rice and lentil dish

Kirtan
Singing the glorification of the Supreme Lord, here, the Self

Krama
Order; Sequential order

Kramic
Step-by-step; Orderly . See Akram

Krishna
Incarnation, The Voice of The Gita, Symbolically the cosmic consciousness of the Pure Self, A Salakha Purush,
Incarnation of Vishnu, Vaasudev, A Gnani Purush.

Kriya
Urge, any action of thought, speech or body. Activity
Kriyasakti
Power of action

Krodha
Anger

Krupa
Grace

Kshaayik bhava
The mental state attained by destroying karma, such as kevalagyana and kevaladarshan

Kshaayik charitra
Character attained by destroying deluding karmas; A state of stillness.

This is attained in Akram Vignan through the following of Dadashri's Five Agnas.

Kshaayik samkit
The state of fully annihilated passions; The one whose passions (Kashays) are fully destroyed;
Initial experience of the ultimate; Truth after destroying all passions

In Akram Vignan the Self that is attained, in the Gnan Vidhi, is synonymous with this level of spiritual attainment.

Kshaayik samyakdarshan
The knowledge and clarity of vision reached in the absence of the seven natures of karma

Right belief is samyak darshan in Akram Vignan.

I am pure Self, is right belief

The State within Dadashri's five Agnas is this darshan.

Kshaayopashmik samkit
Union with True knowledge; Continuous and consistent realization of the same

That which arises and subsides. The worldly kashayas have not been annihilated yet.

Kshana
Moment

Kshanik
Momentary

Kshatriya
Member of warrior caste.

Dadashri defines the kshatriya trait as the one who is not indecisive, and this is very helpful in matters of progress in the
path towards enlightenment.

Kshaya
Total dissociation and distruction

Kshetra
Territory
Cosmic plane. See Jambudwip

Kshmaa
Forgiveness; Mercy

Kudrati
Naturally or automatically occuring
Kuguru
A bad guru who does not have knowledge of the soul

Dadashri defines this as the one who will take you away from the path of liberation.

Kundalini
Yogic power, this has no relationship in the Science of Self Realization ..Primordial cosmic energy located in the
individual.

Kundilini-chakra
Mystical centers of psychic energy

Kundkundacharya
Highly revered, self realized Digambar Acharya [About 100 A.D.]. Author of many scriptures, throwing light on the
essence of and evolution of Pure Self, A Parinamvadi.[ A Digambara Acharya, a Parinamvadi philosopher whose
Samayasara, Niyamsara, Pravachanasara are the authority of the Digambaras (1st or 5th Century A.D.)]

Kupaatra
Undeserving; Bad character;

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Labdhi
Sentient potential
Powers gained by the destruction of veeryantraaya karma that saps strength; destruction of the coverings of sruta-gyaan

Laghuttam
Most humble
The Lowliest and Lighest in the Relative being; Ego-less;

Laksana
Characteristic

Laksh
Awareness

Laukik
Mundane; Of this world, Relative

Laukik dharma
Traditional or Relative Religion

Laukik drashti
Worldly viewpoint; Common viewpoint

Laxmi
Goddess of wealth and prosperity.

Laya
Dissolution

Lepaaymaan
The state of being covered

Linga
Gender

Lobha
Greed
Lok
That supports all substances; a world
Worlds or planes of existence. Inhabited by intelligent beings.

Lokottar dharma
See ' Alaukik Dharma'

Loksanghnya
To adopt the view of the worldly folks

Lonch
A ceremony of hair plucking

Maan
Sense of self-esteem; Conceit or pride

False sense of entitlement for the relative self, seeking validation, seeking appreciation. Any obstruction to such inner drive
results in anger.

Maaya
That power which creates and maintains the universe's apparent diversity or to put it in other words, that which
causes the One to appear as many. Vedantic definition.

Dadashri: Ignorance of the Self; The force that pulls one towards the physical and mental senses; The cosmic illusion on
account of which the relative appears as real.
Fascination for transitory objects out of ignorance or illusion.

Deceit as one of the four kashayas, eg, anger, pride, deceit, greed. Maya operates through deception. It deceives the self.

Maayik sukh
Illusive worldly happiness

Madhya-lok
Middle of terrestrial world

Madhyama
Intermediate

Mahatma

The one who has received the Gnan of Dadashri and is following the Agnas of Dadashri the Gnani Purush.

Mahavideh
A special world from where souls can attain final moksh through darshan of existing Tirthankara

Mahavir-jayanti
Birth anniversary of Lord Mahavir

Maha-vrat
Great vow; Sadhus vows are known as mahaa-vrat
The five great vows of a mendicant
Austere Vows of a Renouncer
(see Anuvrat)

Mahi
Within
Mahimaa
Huge body

Maitree
Friendship; Having no dislike or hate for anyone or anything in the world

Mamata
Attachment with a sense of mine.

The natural consequence of the sense 'I am Chandulal' is 'my'.

Manah-paryaya(gnan)
Intuition of mental modes
Psychic mode; Telepathy; Mind-reading
Intuition of the modes of other minds;
Direct awareness of thought forms of others without the aid of mind or senses
Transcendental knowledge of the thought and feelings of others, occuring without the medium of physical senses
Direct awareness of what thoughts are going on in the mind of other person before echo is heard in one's inner
instrument(antahkaran)

Mana
The empirical mind

Manan
Probing; Thought; Mind
The faculty of the inner organ , antahkaran , sometimes translated as "mind" ; which is the substrate for all thoughts

Manodravya
Matter constituting mind; Mind substance

Manojanya
Born of mind

Mantra
Sacred invocation; Transcendental chant that soothes and purifies mind
The sacred formula used in jap , or repetition of God's name; Sacred words given to a disciple by a guru ; See Trimantra.

The formula that holds the mind in one state

Holy litany
Words that can effect the devas or gods; words to meditate on; secret conversation

Manushya
Living beings with manas.mind. Humans

Manushya-gati
Human destiny

Marg
Path

Marjeeyaat
Freewill, Purushaarth

Mataarthee
Lack of freedom from passions; Lack of inner detachment

The one bound by one's own opinions and judgements.

Mati(gnan)
Sensory knowledge; Perceptual knowledge
A form of Knowledge acquired through sense perceptions
Mind-based knowledge; Sensuous knowledge
Knowledge gathered through the senses and the mind
Empirical knowledge

Mishra chetan
Blending of consciousness, of the Self and the non-Self; Partially pure, partially non-pure sensation

Mithyaa (sruta)
Contrary to one's nature
Vitiated; Perverted; False; Deluded

Mithyaa darshan
Wrong belief, synonymous with mithyadrsti and mithyatva
Sceptical deluded view
Deluded world view
Perverse attitude

'I am Chandulal' is mithya darshan.

Mithyaa drashti
One who has no awareness of the atma
Incorrect view of reality, the first gunasthana
A person of perverted attitude; wrong view ; Perverted vision

The vision of Chandulal.

Mithyaa gnan
Perverted knowledge; Wrong assessment of values; Delusion; Nescience; Wrong cognition

The knowledge of Chandulal.

Mithyaatva
Wrong faith; misbelief
Wrongness; Perverted attitude; Perversity; Predilection for the untruth
Perversion
Illusion or the non-real taken as the Real; False belief e.g. I am Chandulal.
Lack of insight; synonymous with mithyadarshan and mithyadrsti; Vision deluding

The worldly wanderings of Chandulal.

Moha
Infatuation
Delusion; False belief
Attraction, that makes the atma crazyforgets self and othergets one focussed on an external object

Attraction arising out of lack of awareness of the Self.

Mohaniya
Deluding

Mohaniya karma
Karma that are delusive and cause attractions.
Deluding karma; Karma that prevents the true perception of reality and the purity of the soul; karma that defiles the bliss-
quality of the soul
Out of the 8 types of karma, this is the most powerful - it makes the atma forget itself

This is the one which prevents Self-realization.

Moksha
Ultimate spiritual liberation from material bondage. Ultimate salvation or liberation from the fetters of maya
Emancipation; release
Liberation of the soul from karmas, from the cycle of birth and death; Salvation; Freedom
Emancipation from the cycle of birth and death; the total separation of Soul from the bondage of all matter
Dadashri's moksha is in 2 stages. First here, while living in this body. Second, to be free from reentry into another body.

Mokshamarg
The path of salvation; The path to moksha (samyak darshan, gyaan and charitra form the mokshamaarg)

In Akram Vignan the path to liberation is AtmaGnan-followed by the ratnatraya mentioned above.

Moodhatma
One who sees this relative world as real.

Moodh-drashti
Ignorance; Beliefs not discriminating between true and false

Zero awareness of the Self.

Moorchha-bhaav
Desire or attachment for something external or belonging to another

The one who is lost in passion in the unaware state.

Mouna
silence, Vow of silence.

Dadashri defines mouna, silence as all words which lead to the Self.

Mukta
The liberated Soul

Mukti
Liberation from the cycle of births and deaths
Release; Emancipation; Freedom . (Opp., of bandhan)

Mula; muda
Origin; Root; Base

Mumukshata
Intense desire to know the Self; Intense desire to be freesee Jignasha
Meditation to achieve only moksha

Mumukshu
One who desires to achieve moksha; Spiritual aspirant; Seeker of Liberation

Mun
Thinking organ
(also Mana); The faculty of the inner organ, antahkaran, something translated as "mind", which
is the substrate for all thoughts

Muni
General word for Mendicant, Sage, Saint; Sadhu

Murchha
Delusion

Murtatva
Materiality

Murta
 All that is perceived in the relative world. See Amurta.

Murti

Image of deity installed in a temple for worship

Idol;

Naam-karma
Physique-determining karma; Body making karma
Karma that determines destinies and body types
That which offers individual diversities to a Jiva

Naarayan
Real Self; God; The fully Realized Self
Lord; Sri Krishna

Naimittic
Instrumental; Causal support

Namarupa
Name and form; The nature of the world

Namaskaar
Obeisance; Bow with reverence

To close all passions and let go of the ego, by bowing to the Self within all. Internal namaskaar of the Self realized.

Napumsaka
Hermaphroditic

Nar
Relative self

Narak gati
The world of infernal beings; Hellish

Navapada
Nine ideals - Arihant, Siddha, Achaarya, Upaadhyaya, Sadhu, Samyak darshana, Samyak gyaan, Samyak chaaritra,
and Tapas

Navatattva
Nine essences: Jiva -life, Ajiva - non-life, Aasrav - obstruction by karma, Bandh - bindings, Sanvar - , Nirjaraa -
release of karmas , Moksha - liberation, Paap - sin and Punya - meritorious deeds

Navkaar mantra
The most respected and central mantra of the Jains: Namo Arihantanam
Namo Siddhanam, Namo Aayariyanam, Namo Uvajjhayanam and Namo Loyesavvasahunam; these are salutations to the five
great benefactors
also Namokar Mantra.Nine lines of the highest obeisance to those who are or have been in the path of the Real
Obeisance to Panch Parmeshti

Naya
Philosophical standpoint
Guide; Viewpoint; Areas of knowledge covering one aspect. There are two broad nayas in Jainism - Dravyaarthik and
Paryaayaarthik, other nayas are encompassed within these two
Neti-neti
"This is not that, This is not that"; Negating all names and forms in order to arrive at the eternal underlying truth

Dadashri states that this is the final conclusion of Vedanta.

Nekee
Honesty

Niddidhyasan
Deep concentration to become 'One";. To be Self absorbed

Varying levels of contemplation of that which one wants to become...eg Gnani's niddidhyasan commences by visualising His
face and this progresses to the final niddidhyasan, His state.

Nigam
Relative knowledge of world

Nigod
Body containing countless jeeva or lives
A class of infitesimal, imperceptible dormant beings awaking from apathy and starting spiritual evolution, to replace the
liberated being.
The lowest form of life

Nihsankita
Freedom from doubt

Nikaachit
Unalterable on account of the nature of the karma

Nikaachit-karma
Karma which cannot be lightened or burned by tapas (eg. sankraman, udeerna, utkarshan, apkarshan etc.), this
karma arises invariably at its appointed time

Nikshep
The different ways of putting a thing ; Linguistic analysis

Nimit
Instrument; Supporting cause

Niraagi
Unattached

Viraag is the same

Vitarag is higher , absolutely detached.

Niranjan
Free of fault and karma

Nirgranth
One who has overcome desires and attractions; The unbound, the one devoid of all passions.

Nirgun
Without attributes

Nirjaraa
Slow dissolution or separation of karma from atma, self.
Annihilatin of Karmas, Discharge
Purging of Karmas, Discharge
Dissociation of karmas
Nirleyp
Without any coverings or tendency to adhere to any karmas

Nirmal
Pure

Nirvaana
Liberation of atma; moksha; Fully enlightment. No further births. Emancipation
Release from bondage; The final death of an enlightened human being [arhat] followed immediately by moksha

Nirvaan-bhumi
The place at which a Tirthankara attained nirvana

The place where an arihant exists.

Nirveda
To be detached from worldliness or samsaar

Dadashri: The state which is free from physical perception of pain, the state of knower of pain.

Nirvikaari
Pure; immutable

Without any sexual inclinations of any kind, in the relative world.

Nirvikalp
Freedom from I-ness or My-ness;. Without any vikalp. In Dadashri's Language , "I am the body" idea, "I am
Chandulal " is vikalp." I am Shuddhatma " , is nirvikalp. See sankalp.
To behold the formless; Still mental state; Release from imaginations
State of total realization

Nirvikalp samaadhi
The highest realisation where only the undisturbed bliss of God (Aatma) is experienced
Experience of Atma all the time while doing all the duties of life.
Being free from "I-ness" and "My-ness"

The state of bliss of the Self that prevails in adhi, vyadhi and upadhi is nirvikalp samadhi according to Dadashri

Nischaya
Determination; Here, The Real, Pure Alertness on the Path to Liberation
Consideration

The State of The Self.

Nischetan-chetan
Inert conciousness

Lifeless life. True life is the awareness of the Self.

The charged batteries of thoughts, speech and acts.

Nishkaama
Without passion
Desirelessness

Nishpruha

Without any inner reaching out tendency, in any direction.

Nishthaapurvak
With a firm determination
Nitya
Eternal, unchanging.

Nivritti
Cessation of mental tendencies. A life of having no physical things as followed by Sanyasis
Opposite of Pravritti

To be done, as after Gnan.

Niyam
Restraint of mind. Ethical rules
Activity in accordance with resolve, or rule

Niyati
Spatial limitation; Rule; Fate;

Order of destiny

Nokarma
Neutral karmas; Non-charging karmas.

Om
The Sacred syllable, representing Panch Parmeshti
Atma;. The Self; Most sacred word. It is a symbol of both the personal God, Ishwara and the Absolute . Sign as ?
The sacred syllable representing Panch Parmeshti(Five Supreme Souls in or almost in perfect self-realisation: Arihant,
Siddha, Acharya, Upadhyay and Sadhu). The external sound of the Real

Oopsarg
see Upsarga

Paap
Harmful karma ; Unwholesome karmas
Demerit; Sin; Malfiecence or evil deed
Bad consequences of bad acts. See punya . In Dadashri's language, any suffering caused to others is paap and any relief
offered to others is poonya

Paapanubandhi paap
Bad deeds which lead to even more bad deeds

Paapanubandhi punya
Good deeds which lead to bad deeds

Paarshvanaath
The 23rd Tirthankar

Paatrataa
Spiritual readiness

Padaartha
Substance

Padmaasan
A kind of posture ( asana of sitting cross-legged)

Padukaa
Footwear
Panch parmeshti
Five great Soul categories in or almost in Perfect Self-Realisation viz. Arihant, Sidha, Acharya, Upadhyay and Sadhu.

Panchbhutas
Earth, water, fire, wind and space

Panchendriya
Five-sensed (touch, taste,smell, sight and hearing)

Pantha
Path; Congregation; Following

Papsthanak

The situations which create further bondage in current life.

Para
Other; Supreme; Ultimate

Dadashri: Swa is opposite of para. Swa is the Self. Para is the non-Self. In worldly terms para is that which is beyond the
worldly self, and that is The Self.

Paraakram
Real, human endeavour

Tremendous inner spiritual effort after Gnan

Para-dravya
The being, location, time, or state, respectively, of other objects

Param
Supreme; Absolute

Paramhansa
Highest state of ascetic renunciation

The One who continuously remains aware of the Self and the non-Self.

Param Jyoti
Impersonal effulgence emanating from the absolutely enlightened Self, 'Dada Bhagwan' within; God, The Lord Within.

Param sataa
Ultimate truth; Atma; Ultimate Knowledge

Param satsang
Meeting with atmas in a much higher state than ones own

Param vinaya
Absolute humility; Egoless state

Paramaanandi
The One whose bliss is eternal

Paramaarth
Ultimate perception; Absolute perception

That which is for the salvation of others.

Paramaarth samkit
Enkindling or awakening of the Self by the grace of a Gnani Purush
Paramaatma
The highest state of the Soul

Paramdhaam
Highest, most auspicious location; Extremely bright; heavenly

The siddha state.

Parampad
Moksha

Parninda
Speaking ill of others

Parbhaav
The emotion emanating from pardharma

The state of the non-Self, the worldly state.

Pardharma
Foreign religion; In the context of the atma, the dharmas of the material world are pardharma

Pardravya
That which is separate from the Self

Parigraha
Attachment to material objects; Acquisitive and accumulative behavior; Greed ; Possessiveness; Possession

Parinaam
Transformation; Change(as function of time); result

Parinamin
Changing

Pariniti

The current state. It could be either the non-Self or the Self.

Parishaha
Internally induced suffering; Afflictions ; Suffering or trouble. There are 22 different kinds of suffering according to
the Jain scriptures. See Oopsarg

That which arises within and remains within, causing pain to the relative self.

Parivartan
Change : Dravya parivartan = change of material clusterts
Bhav parivartan = change of realms of birth
Kshetra parivartan = change of space units
Bhaav parivartan = change of state of the soul
Kaala parivartan = change of time units

Parmaanand
Eternal bliss; Supreme bliss

Parmaanu
Atom; Smallest particle of matter; Subatomic particle
Extra-fine (Sushma-Sushma); Elementary; Self-existing particle of matter; Smaller than even an atom.

Parmaartha
Absolute reality; The highest viewpoint, which includes all points
Parmaarthika
Transcendental; That which benefits all

Parmaatma
Transcendental self
It is human soul; which on complete purification from matter attains to the level of divine perfection
The Supreme Self; The Fully realized Self

Parmaatmadasha
The state of the Fully Enlightened One

Paroksha
Indirect
Indirect perception, accomplished through the senses, inference, etc.

This contrasts with pratyakash which means direct.

Paroksha gnan
Mediate knowledge; Indirect knowledge

Par-samay
Absorption in the Non-Self substances or circumstances

Parsatta
Under the domain of the non-Self.
Prevalence and power of the Non-self.
Domain of the Non-Self

Partantra
Dependent

Parvashtaa
The state of being dependant on external situations or circumstances

Paryaaya
Modes or states; Phases
Mutation or modifications
Changing state of things

Paryant
Till

Paudgalika
Material

Pita
Yellow

Pitaamber
Yellow silken garment

Praayaschitta
Repentance of transgressions
Expiation internal austerity

Prabada
associated with super strength or energy

Prabhu
Manifested form; Another name for God

Pragat
Manifest; present
Pragnaa
True wisdom. A higher mode of knowing
Reasoning ;intelligence; Enlightened, pure intellect.
(Also Prajna) Consciousness; Awareness;

The force of The Self, that leads to final and absolute Self realization.

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Prakaash
Light..here the light of Knowledge

Prakruti
(also Prakriti); Materialised nature. Original nature of mind and matter in the Samkhya doctrine; Types of karma
Nature; Principle of matter
Primordial nature; The material substratum . Everything except the Self .Causal matter ; also called Shakti . See Purush

Pralaya
Period of rest; End; Destroy; Destruction
Demanifestation; Complete merging ; Dissolution

Pramaada
Negligence; Apathy
Disrespect towards dharma, laziness and passions are aspects of pramaad
Unmindfulness; Spiritual inertia; Carelessness
Non-activisim; Quiescence

Spiritual laziness

Pramaan
True knowledge; That which understands something from all aspects

Prana-pratishtha
Life-emplacing. Techniques to manifest "life" within an object.

Prarabdha
In course of fruition; fructifying (karma); Destiny..see Farjiat
All activities of thoughts, speech and action in this life falls under prarabdha

Praschyataap
Sincere regrets; .Reversal of aggression created through thoughts, speech or action

Prashasta Moha
Affinity worth-adoring; A welcome spell of fascination

Pratibandh
To be stopped by attraction to extraneous objects; Hindrance

Pratigna
Vow

Pratikraman
Apology for the transgression of normality; Begging pardon of the one embittered or aggrieved; Apology coupled with
the remorse of any wrong doing; to propitiate the embittered soul.
Reversal of aggresssion created through thoughts, speech or action. Apology coupled with the remorse of any wrong doing, to
propitiate the embittered soul
To repent for sins committed
Ritualized confession

[ Two kinds, Dhravya pratikraman and Bhaav pratikraman]

Dadashri's pratikraman has three components: alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan.

Pratishthaa
Ceremonious installation of an idol; To instill something more into.....

To give 'life' to

Pratishthit Atma
Relative or charged self, established in and endowed for the present round of life

Pratiti
Conviction

Prativasudeva
Rivals of the Lords

Pratyaakhyaan
Decision not to do again
Giving up of material objects; detachment
Sincere pledge of never slipping into the error or misdeed, once committed; Determination of the self.Renunciation of certain
foods; one of the six aavasyakas; Avowal not to repeat .See Pratikraman Vidhi

Pratyaksha
Visible before the eyes
Direct; immediate
Direct perception; Innate knowledge, see also immediate knowledge;

One with whom direct communication is possible. Present

Pratyaksh gnan
Direct knowledge

Pratyeka
Individual; solitary

Pravrtti
Volitional activity; merits and demerits born of volitional activity; Practice

Prayog
Application. Effort..see Gnan prayog

Prem
Divine love ., unconditional , unchanging ( Of the Self , For the Self ).

Prerna
Inspire

Preta
Devils

Prithvkaayik
Earth-bodied

Pudgal
Inanimate objects that have the properties of form, essence, touch and smell; Cosmo-flux of Non-Self matter; That
which undergoes modifications by associations and dissociations. [Puran (filling) plus Galan (emptying) = Pudgal]; Integrating
and disintegrating of the Non-Self matter]; Matter; The physical body; Cosmic flux for the sole function of puran- intake and
galan - output

Pujaa
Act of worship or adoration; Ritual and prayer offered at home or temple
Worship; Offering flowres, applying sandal-wood paste etc.,

Pujaari
One who officiates worship to God in a temple
Pujya
Worthy of worship

Punarjanam
Rebirth; previous births

Pundit
A man well-versed in scriptures

Punya
Virtuous
Merit accumulated from good acts. See paap. Which represents the opposite; Virtuous (karma); Good, meritorious deed

Punyaanubandhi paap
Bad deeds which lead to good deeds

Punyaanubandhi punya
Good deeds which lead to more and greater good deeds

Puran
Intake; Charge; Causes .See galan and pudgal; see Pudgal
Fusion; Combination; Filling in

Purangalan
Influx and release of atoms; Intake and output

Purna
Perfect
Full ; Complete; Infinite

Purnatva
The state of being complete, full.

Purush
The term is variously used to mean Pure Soul
Absolute Self; Immutable
Also Purusa . The Self which abides in all living beings; Self-Realised Soul

Purushaarth
Freewill endeavour for Liberation, after initial Self-realization.see Marjeeyat Endeavour for Liberation, after Self-
Realisation
Pure-Self-Oriented efforts

Purva
Previous; Past; Earlier literature

A group of fourteen Jain canonical text, now extinct

Raag
Also Rag .. Attachment; Liking; A situation arising out of ignorance of the Self.; See dwesh
Desire; Passion; Attachment; Infatuation

Raag-Dwesh
Attachment & Abhorrence or Aversion
Raajeepo
Joy; Happiness

Raatri-bhojana
Eating at night

Rachnaa
Creation

Rajchandra, Shrimad
Fully realised Soul; A great poet, mystic, Shatavadhani, Kripalu Dev. He emphasised the
indispensibililty of a Gyani for Self-Realisation; enlightened Mahatma Gandhiji on many religious matters

Rama
Incarnation of the Lord; A model for the Real amidst the Relatives; Son of King Dashrath; married to
Sita, conquered Ravan of Lanka; An ideal Ruler; received the knowledge of the Self from sage Vashistha.

Ratnatraya
The three jewel: right faith or insight, right knowledge, right conduct

Raudra
Oppressive; Tyrannical; Inflicting pain on others; Scary; Horrifying

Raudradhyaana
Evil meditation of four types - hinsanand, mrushaanand, choryanand and vishayasanrakshaanand
which sees pleasure in violence, untruth, theft and greed respectively; this leads to hell
Meditation on the perverse pleasure of causing injury to others; wrathful meditation

[Dada explains: Even a thought of depriving someone of happiness (even if it is not actually carried out) is
raudradhyaana]

Riddhis
Supernatural powers

Rishabhdev
The first Tirthankara - great teacher Also known as Aadinaath or Aadam

Rishi
Sages one with great spiritual powers; Srimad describes Rishi as of four types - Raj, Brahma, Dev
and Param - Raj has great worldly powers, Brahma even greater, Dev is godly and Param is one with Kevala
Gyana or perfect knowledge, fully liberated

Roonaanubandha
Inter-action or mutual pull causal upon the subtle bond of the deeds of pre-births
Interaction due to the subtle bond of past deeds

Roopee
Formed; Substance that has appearance, color, smell and touch

Ruchi
Predilection
Rupa

Outward appearance. Material form; Body; Form

Rupak
That which comes into a concrete existence

S
Saadhaka
Spiritual aspirant

Saadhana
Spiritual practice; discipline for Spiritual progress

Saadhu
One who perseveres to attain the state of the Self; Monk
A Sage, A Monk devoted to the Self-Realisation. Saadhu (male); Saadhvi (female). Mendicants
One who has known the Self and continues to do so.

Saakar
Having form; personal

Saakshaatkaara
State of realization

Saamaayik
Aperiod of two ghadis (24 minutes each) to stay in a calm, meditative state with samtaa bhaav
Maintaining equanimity for a set period of time; Initiatory admission
A Jain ritual of Purificatory worship of 48 minutes, thrice a day
Attaining equanimity; fusion with the true Self.
Taking a vow to devote so much time everyday, once, twice or three times, at sunrise, sunset, and noon for
contemplation of the self for spiritual advancement
Desisting from harmful activities

Saanidhya
To be together; Very close to

Saata vedniya
Karma which brings worldly joys to the soul

Sachchidanand
Truth, conciousness and bliss
Bliss of the Alert Pure Self; also separated in three words : Sat-Chit-Anand (Eternal-Awareness-Bliss)

Sadeh
With body

Sadguno
Virtues

Sadguru
Senior ascetic
The highest master' usually the one who liberates

Sahaj
Spontaneity. Shaktis spontaneously created. Naturalness

Sahajanandi
Joyful by nature; The bliss which is effortless

Sahajta
Associated with the natural

Sajeevan
Living; The Awakened One

Sajeevan moorti
Great soul in human form

Salaakaa
Token
Samaadhi
The state of superconciousness where Absolutness is experienced attended with all-knowledge and
joy.
One-ness with the Pureself; Undisturbed by any external non-self reaction

Samaadhi maran
Death in peace and with awareness; Blissful death
Death while in meditation of the Self

Samaarambha
The process of agreement of internal evidences like buddhi, intellect
Implementing the idea into action
Preparation for a thing, i.e. collecting materials for it.
[ Also see Samrambha and Aarambha ]

Samarpan
Total surrender ., offering.

Samasta
Entire

Samata
Absolute sameness

Samaya
Time-point
Smallest division of Time Moment

Sambhaave Nikaal
To settle with equanimity
Fourth of the five Divine Dictates of Dada Bhagvan, asking the Mahatma to deal with any circumstances
and situations, favourable or otherwise, with a mind calm and composed, free of any hindrance or conflicts

Samdrashti
"Equal vision". Seeing all things as equalNeutral viewpoint; Even attitude towards friend or foe, joy
or sorrow, respect or criticism;

Samiti
To commence any activity with due attention to not violating any creature

Samkit
Blessed state of the Self-realisation and Equanimity. Synonymous with Samyak or Samyaktva; True
path; Samyak darshan
Three vows or goals : 1)Upshama samkit- dedicated' faultless' doubtless following the guru or the
enlightened one (2) Kshaayik samkit-initial exoerience of the ultimate Truth after destroying all passions'
and (3) Kshaayopashmik samkit-union with True knowledge, continuous and consistent realization of the
same

Samkitdhaari
The one who has attained right view-vision-belief

Sampurna
Complete; full

Samrambha
The origin of an idea
[ Also see Aarambha and Samaarambha ]

Samsaar
(also Sansaar) The wheel or ocean of life and death. Cycle of transmigration
Cycle of birth and death
The worldly life; Mundane affairs; Perpetuation of worldly life; Mundane affairs; I-My-sense.
Samskaara
A mental impression produced by past experiences, mental or behavioural patterns.
Predisposition; Trace
Coefficients of conciousness

Samvara
Blocking the influx (flow) of karmic matter into the nature of soul
Inhibition
To close the doors to incoming karma inhibition
Blocking the influx(flow) of karmic matter into the nature of soul
Spiritual path; the stoppage of karmic influx
The stoppage of inflow of karmic matter into the soul
Stoppage of karmic inflow

Samvatsari
Annual holy day when Jains pray repentance for all sins through the year

Samveg
The bhaav of detachment
Fear of worldly existence,see also dread of worldly existence

Samyak
Authentic; The Right and Real

Samyak chaaritra
Enlightened conduct; Proper conduct
Right conduct

Samyak darshan
Enlightened world-view; Near perfect enlightened world view
Right vision
Right faith Right attitiude; Predilection for truth; Enlightnment; Spiritual vision
Correct view of reality; True spiritual insight; Faith in the teachings

Samyak drsti
A Self with discriminative knowledge
Right vision
The fourth gunasthaana, in which one attains samyak-darsana

Samyak gnan
Enlightened knowledge
Right knowledge Right cognition
Correct knowledge; Knowledge associated with samyak-darsana

Samyaktva
Authenticity Near perfect enlightened world view.
Equipoise; Equanimity; A Detached but Alert State of Mind

Sanaatan
Permanent; From time immemorial; Eternal

Sanchita
Stored

Sangha
Community
The Saints brotherhoods

Sangi kriya
Interactive activity with another living being e.g sexual relations

Sangmeshwar Bhagwaan
The highest manifestatin of Godself, One in All and All in one-where all the deities and divinities
mingle in one Single Incarnation; The one who accepted by all religions
Sankalan
Synthetic judgement

Sankalp
"This is mine ". See vikalp and nirvikalp. My-ness

Sankhyaa
Number

Sannyaas
The liberation from "I am this body" idea and identity according to Dada
Event;
Renunciation of the world and its attachments; The fourth and last stage of life

Sansaar
The worldly life where the soul wanders; Surrounding worlds

Sansaari
The one who lives and dies relating to worldly affairs

Sansaran maarg
Path of Spiritual Evolution, starting from the entry of a Jiva (sentient being) in Vyavahar (interactive
life state) raashi from Nigod (dormant state of Apathy), ending with Liberation

Sanskaar
Also Samskaras .. Innate tendencies
.
Sansthapit
Firmly established

Sanyog
Circumstance; Assimilation of evidences. Also sanjog. See viyog

Sapaksa
Homologous instance

Saral
Simple

Sargan
Charge

Sarira
Body

Sarvadarshi
All intuiting; One with complete vision

Sarvagna
All Knowing. The Gnani Purushsee Sarvadarsi
An omniscient being; a synonym for kevalin

Sarvotkrushta
Maximal from all aspects; Most excellent

Sastra
(also Shastra) Scripture
The teachings of a Vitaraagi (liberated from passions)

Sat
Existence; Being; Absolute. Self . Above Satya and Asatya
Sat Purush
Self-realised; Absolute Soul
.
Satchitanand
It is a combination of the words Sat (being), Chit(conciousness) and Ananda (bliss).Emphasizes the
unmanifest aspect of the Absolute. It is perceived as being real, while the phenomenal universe as unreal
and illusory.

Existence absolute (Sat), Knowledge absolute (Chit), Bliss absolute (Anand)

Truth,conciousness and bliss
The three characteristics of Brahman( The Self): being, conciousness and bliss

Satsang
The company of the Self
That brings forth and brings interest in the truth; Meeting of people seeking the truth
Meeting for Religious Discourse and Enlilghtenment
The company of those who have had vision of Sat

Satta
Existence; Domain.

Satya
Truth; The principle of balance or righteousness

Sat-Yug
The first of the Four Ages, characterised by virtue, wisdom, happiness and morality, according the
Hindu Mythology

Shaashan Dev-Devis
Guardian spirits
Reigning and Protecting Gods and Goddesses

Shabdaarth
Literal meaning of a word. See bhaavarth and paramaarth.

Shakti
Power; Energy

Shaktivant
Filled with energy

Shalaka Purush
Literally most worthy and adorable person; They are 63 Shalaka Purush in each score and four.
They are 24 Tirthankars, 12 Sovereign Kings, 9 Vasudevas, 9 Baldev and 9 Prativasudev.

The 24 Tirthankars + 12 Chakravartis + 9 Vasudevas + 9 Prativasudevas + 9 Balbhadras are the 63 great

personages

Shankar
Lord Shiva; Dynamic, Auspicious Energy; Annihilator of the Illusory world

Shankit
Doubtful

Shanti
Peace. Tranquility

Shastra
Compendium or collection of knowledge

Shastrakaaros
Those who rely on and preach through scriptures
Shataavedaniya
Pleasure, feeling that which brings pleasure; Expense of pleasure
An epithet or respect for a merchant or a rich person.

Shibir
Camp; Here, Get-together of the Seekers for the spiritual enlightenment

Shishya
Disciple

Shiva; Shiv
The Self

Shraavak
One who listens to the knowledgeable one; Devout follower
A Jain house-holder; Etymologically it means one who listens, unbiased; One who has faith (Shra), Humility
(Va), Pure Pursuit (Ka); Shravak (male) Shravaki (female).
A Layman; a synonym for upasaka and sramanopasaka

Shraddha
Faith

Shraman
Sadhu; Muni; Monk

Shree
An attribute, showing reverence and beatitude

Shreni
The long path or steps towards liberation; Steps that overcome the 21 animal instincts

Shrenik
King of Magadh who was a great follower of Lord Mahavir and lived in the same period

Shri Simandhar Swami

Tirthankar Bhagavan traversing at present Mahavideh Kshetra; Current Arihant

Shruta
Scriptural cognition

Shruta gnan
A form of knowledge acquired by reading scriptures,knowledge based on the ability to intrpret signs,
words, writing, gestures, etc.
Knowledge from memory; literate knowledge
Scriptural or verbal knowledge; Articulate knowledge; Knowledge derived from instruction and reasoning

Shruti
Revelation

Shubh
Beneficial; Auspicious; Punya
Shubh upyog
Emotion or bhava free of passions; Worship of Vitaraagi (one free from passions); Charity,
compassion, self-control etc. are shubha or auspicious

Shuddha
The perfectly pure

Shuddha parinati
State (existence) of pure, passionless modification manifested in the abscence of 'Charitra moha'
karma
Shuddha upyog
Activities of the atma that are free of love or hate; The state of Equanimity
Untinged with any kind of passion and engaged in experiencing the bliss of the Self

Shuddhatma
Pure Self

Shuddhi
Purification; Purity

Shuddhi karan
The process of internal purification

Shukla dhyaan
Constant awareness that " I am Shuddhatma"
The state of natural meditation of the Self
The relative meanings are: Meditation by pure motives; White(pure) meditation
Dadashri defines Shukla Dhyaan as the state of the Soul wherein there is natural observation of all that
comes in front of the Self; The Knower-Seer state

Shushka gnan
That knowledge which does not produce any Spiritual results

Shushka gnani
One who cannot discriminate, superficial knowledge limited only to expression

Shushupti
The state of dreamless sleep in which distinctions between knower and known are abolished.

Siddha
Atma that is free from all 8 major karmas; liberated
A liberated soul; a kevalin freed from all activities whatsoever
Liberated soul
The Realized Soul

Siddha dasha
Culmination of Spiritual accomplishment

Siddha-gati
The destiny of the Siddha

Siddha-loka
The permanent abode of the Siddha; a synonym for isat-pragbhara-bhumi

Siddhanta
Doctrine

Siddhi
Magical or spiritual power for the control of self, others and other forces of nature
Yogic power miraculous powers attained by yoga. There are 8 such - Animaa, Mahimaa, Garimaa, Laghimaa,
Praapti, Praakamya, Ishitva, Vashitva; Consummation of knowledge Supernatural powers

Smarana
Recollection

Smrti
Recollection
Past experiences of many previous lives
Creative instinctive incipient memory
Memory (Smriti.sanskrit

Sohum
The affirmation 'I am He ' or I am That.
Soocharan
The feet of the Gnani . This is the only place where ego is dissolved. There is no other way or place
to dissolve the ego. Holy feet. The place that represents surrender

Sookshma
Subtle
Fine (body) uncuttable and all pervasive

Sookshmatam
Subtler

Sookshmatar
Subtlest

Spandan
Vibrations

Sparsha
Touch; Contact

Spashta
Obvious

Sramana
A non-vedic mendicant, usually a Jaina or a Buddhist

Sthaavar
Immobile beings, such as plants immobile, with bodies having one sense

Sthanakvasi
Dwellers in halls; Name of a Jaina sect whose members do not worship in temples

Sthira
Steady (circulation of blood, bile, etc)

Sthitapragna
Perfect balance of mind. One established in Spiritual Wisdom
The Sage of steady wisdom

Sthula
Gross or apparent; Readily apparent; Physical

Sunya
Devoid of intrinsic reality

Sunyata
Negation of duality

Sutra
Aphoristic mode of presentation; The canonical scriptures

Sva
Self

Svaadhyaaya
Study-internal austerity; Study of the Self

Svaartha
For self; Selfishness
Exploit of the Real self
Svanubhav
Experiencing ones own atma

Svabhaav
Character; disposition
Own nature
The state that distinguishes the Soul

Svachhanda
To act by own wishes out of arrogance

Svadharma
Ones duty; Atmas duty
Ethical rules applying to oneself

Svadravya
Ones atma which has endless properties or gunas and forms

Sva-Par
Self-Non Self

Sva-paraakram
Pure-Self oriented exploit

Sva-purushaartha
Effort related to Self only

Svarup
True nature of things
Form. Real form or Real nature; The Self.

Sva-samaya
Shuddhatma; Seeing oneself
Incessant identification with the Pureself
The time of the Self

Svasatta
The realm of the Self ; Own regime; Own kingdom

Svatantra
Independent; Free
The state of freedom

Sva upyog
Activities of the atma

Svetaambara
White (cotton) clad; name of Jaina sect whose mendicants wear white garments

Swarg
Heaven

Swaroop
(see Svarup )Real form or Real nature; The Self

Swaroop Sanyog
The event of being absorbed in the Self

Syaadvaad
Vision of Relative Pluralism; The doctrine of qualified assertion philosophy of seven standpoints of
the Jains; Relativity
T

Tadaakar
Absorbed; Concentrating; of the same form

Tadaatmaya
Oneness; Concentration

Tadroop
Absorbed in a substance

Taijasa
Luminous; Electric body; Electric of mundane souls which always accompanies them

Taijasa-sarira
Heat body

Tama
Darkness

Tamas
Inertia or sluggishness. One of the three gunas, satva, rajas, tamas. The Self is above these gunas
The principle of inertia in the Samkhya doctrine

Tan
Body

Tankotkirnavat
Immiscible

Tanmayakar
The state of being absorbed in body, mind or speech

Tapa
Austerity; Penance. One of the four pillars of the state of the partially Realized. Gnan, Darshan and
Charitra are the other three; Repentance; Remorse
Control of the senses; Control of desires
Purification actions

Tapasyaa
Austerities for attaining liberation

Tattva
Element ; Essence ; Principle
Essence; central meaning

[ there six eternal tattvas: ]

Tattva buddhi
Real buddhi; Samyak buddhi

Tattva gnan
Knowledge of the essence; Knowledge of the truth

Tattvaartha
Category of Truth

Teevra gnaandasha
State of knowledge greatly focused on the Atma

Teevra mumukshata
Accentuated and constant desire to achieve moksh and to be free of worldly attachments
Tejokaayaa
Fire bodies

Tirobhaava
To be covered

Tirtha
Ford; Ford founders rule
(i) Place of Pilgrimage (ii) Association of Aspirants. (ii) dharma; Place of piligrimage; Place of liberation;
Congregation of sadhus and shravaks the path of Jaina practice; The monastic order

Tirthankar
Preacher of true dharma; Founder of a teertha; One who with kevala gyaan; The Omni-Science
Manifest; The Absolute; The Arihant; Builders of the ford; The omniscient spiritual teachers of the Jainas
Founder of religion (ford-founder).

Tiryancha
Subhuman beings
Animal and plant life

Trailokya
Three worlds

Trasa
The two, three, four and five sensed beings are known as tras
Mobile beings

Trividh taap
Threefold suffering namely of Adhi, Vyadhi and Upadhi

Tyaga
Renunciation through the medium of the ego; Renunciatin or abnegatin, in Absence of the Self-
realisation; Non-attainment of the Pure Self

Udaseen
Indifferent

Udaseenta
Apathy; mental indolence
Equanimity; Peace; Detachment

Udaya
Coming into effect; Arising; rise (eg. of karma , or the sun etc.)

Udaykaram
Maturity of fruition of past deeds

Udirana
Energy that makes possible the premature fruition of karmas
Process of premature realisation
The rise of karma before their time, because of penance

Udvega
Anxiety

Ukel
Solution

Upaadaan
Clinging; Spiritual readiness
Upaadhi
Limitation imposed upon the Self through ignorance. In the relative world the problems and
suffering created by external circumstances.See aadhi and vyaadhi; Afflication from some Supernatural,
external world; Adventitious misery; Worldly entanglements

Upaadhyaya
Preceptor; Teacher of monks (sadhus)

Upkaari
The benevolent; The one who is beneficial

Upri
Boss; Controller

Upsarga
Externally induced suffering

Upshama
Energy that temporarily prevents karmas from coming to fruition
Suppression; Subsidence

Upsham samkit
Partially realized.partially controlled passions (see.Kshayak samkit)
Dedicated; Faultless; Doubtless following the guru or the enlightened one

Upshambhaav
Relaxation and peace experienced when karma declines

Upshamshreni
The stepwise path of relaxing from 21 kinds of natural instincts or karma

Upvaas
Fasting

Upyoga
Applied consciousness; Sentience; Sentient application; Active and alert attentiveness of the Real
Self
Active (part) of conciousness
Controlled usage of material objects during a recess from spiritual exertions

Urdhva gami
That which is proceeding towards higher level of existence

Urdhva gati
To rise to higher level of birth eg. from human to heavenly bodies

Urdhva loka
The higher plane of existence
The celestial world world of liberated souls; Moksha

Utkrushta
Maximum or excellent

Utsarpini
Ascending cycle(of six aeons)
Ascending round; Progressive half-cycle

Utsarpinikala

The ascending six Eras when lifespans, strength and prosperity of all living creatures increase
V

Vaachan
Scriptural reading by the Guru

Vaasana
Subtle desire; Mental tendencies.

Vaasudeva
See Krishna

Vaatsalya
Disinterested affection

Vaayu-kaayik
Air-bodied

Vairaag
"Without desires". Indifference to pleasure and pain. Non-attachment

Vairaagya
Extinction or fading of all attachment,
A state of detachment; Indifference towards all worldly things; True renunciation.
Detachment from close bonds of home and family
Aversion leading to renunciation
The non-attachment to sense pleasures

Vaishnav
A devotee of Lord Vishnu, or Krishna; Faith of such persons

Vakragati
Oblique or downward movement (of the Self).

Vanaspati
Plants, vegetables

Vanaspati-kaayik
Vegetable-bodied soul

Vaayu-kaayika
Air bodies

Vanchanaa buddhi
False knowledge; Self-cheating intelligence

Vanchit
To remain in obscurity and delusion

Vandanaa
Reverent salutation

Varganaa
Classes of material clusters
Collection of vargas - vargas are themselves collection of karmic particles

Vartan
Becoming Being or Living with the inner conviction of the Real
Vartmaan
Now. Current. See bhoot and bhavishya

Vash
Under control

Vastu
Real matter

Vastutva
Capacity by which a substance has a function

Vayu
Air

Veda
Sexual disposition e.g Purushveddesire for male
There are two kinds: bhavaveda (desire to enjoy due to rise of passions) and dravyaveda (the sense of
being individual) which are of three types: Striveda, Purusaveda and Napusankaveda
Sex-consiousness
Sexual feeling

Vedaka
Felt as such(enlightened world view)

Vedanaa
Feeling

Vedaniya
Feeling producing

Vedaniya karma
Feeling-producing karma
That which results in individual pain or pleasures, and accordingly known as (i) Ashata vedaniya (ii) Shata
vedaniya
Sensation-producing karma,also sensation karma.
Karma responsible for mundane experience of pain and pleasure karma causing physical pain

Vibhaav
Contrary disposition
The state of the non-self toward emotions; love, hate etc.; Defiled; Impure
A distinct and different property; Transformation of a thing

Vibhavik guna
Attribute of non-self

Vicara
Movement

Vichaar
Oscillation of the mind between the substance and the mode
Thoughts
Shifting attention from one mode to another

Vichaarana
Thought

Vichaar dasha
State dominated with thoughts such as the world is pre-occupied with its own workings, is fearful
and full of dukkha and that love and hate continue in cycles; being absorbed in thoughts

Videha
Not with body .......see Sadeha
To be in a state where despite having a body, one remains unaffected
Videhee dasha
State of behaving as a body-less atma in spite of having a body; such were Srimad Rajchandra,
A.M.Patel (Dadashri) and Janaka

Vidhi
Auspicious ceremony; That which is worth doing

Vignaan
Science of Absolutism of Dada; Exceptional intellectual and creative power(Jainism)
Exceptional intellectual and creative power

Vikalp
I-sense; Ego-centric approach.
Ego-centric approach, I am Chandulal is vikalp
Contrary thought

Vikaar
Carnal desire, passion, oscillation of the mind between the substance and the mode

Vikrti
Defiled modification

Vikshep
Interruption; Difficulties

Vimaasna
Repentance

Vimukti
Here, an article dealing with the means for Liberation

Vinaya
Humility; Reverence to the elders
Reverence internal austerity;. Veneration

Vipareet
Contrary to ones nature
Non-real or Perverted ; Contradictory.

Viparyaaya gnaan
Deluded knowledge

Vipreet gnaana
Knowledge through wrong belief

Viraadhana
Opposite of Aaradhana. To descend spiritually by negating any living being; disrespect

Viraat
Vast, pervading the universe
The aggregate consciousness of all the gross bodies of the universe; Macrocosm, the physical world.

Virati
Abstention from harmful acts
Cessation; Pause; Break

Virodhaabhas
Contradiction; Appearance of contradiction or paradox

Virya
Energy; Semen
Visarjan
Disintegration; Sacrifice

Vishay
Sexual activity ; Subject; Object of sense-pleasure; Object of sense-pleasure;
subject as Dada says; as it subjects one to liability or bondage

Vishay murchhaa
To be absorbed in the experience of the five senses; sensuality

Vishayi
One who engrosses oneself in and lustfully enjoys the subject

Vishesh bhaav
To have or act with feeling towards that which is non-self
Sense of "I am Chandulal" (as oppose to "I am Shuddhatma" )

Vishesha guna
Special attributes

Vishuddhi
Purity; Purification

Vishva
World

Vishvavandhya
Worshipped by the world

Vismruti
Oblivion; Non-interference of the world through detachment towards it.

Vitaraag
Free from passion; An epithet for an arhat (?)
Vitaraag -Absolutely free from Attachments

Vitaraagata
A state of Absolutism or Total Non-attachment
Desirelessness; Passionlessness
Vivek
Discrimination between right and wrong, beneficial and non-beneficial, truth and untruth; Courtesy

Viyog
Dissipation of event

Vrat
Vow; Restraint

Vritti
also Vruti
Tendency; inclination
Emanations from the mind; Tendency; Subcommentary

Vyaadhi
Physical suffering, malady, disease.

Vyaapaka
Determinant concomitant; Spreading

Vyabhichaar
Contradiction
Vyabhichaarin
One who contradicts

Vyasan
Vice

Vyatirek
Lack of effect indicating lack of cause; Disagree

Vyavahaar
(Worldly) activity
Ordinary behavior; Custom
Worldly affairs through thoughts, speech and action
Emperical

Vyavahaar dharma
Moral obligations in day-to-day life; Relative religion for a happy life

Vyavahaarika
Empirical; That which relates to the relative realm of thought, speech and action

Vyavahaar shuddhi
Honest behaviour; Purity of motives - this leads to happiness in this life as well as the next

Vyavasthit
Orderly, Exact. Scientific Circumstance
Scientific Circumstantial Evidence; Cosmic, Computerised Schedule; The Non-partial, Universal Executrix

Vyavasthit shakti
Cosmic Computerised Energy; Non-Partial- Well ordered Cosmic Energy
A well organised, benevolent, impartial energy or power

Vyaya
Cessation

Yaatra
Pilgrimage

Yagya; Yagna
Here a Spiritual movement

Yaksha Deva
Demi-God

Yakshini Devi
Dimi-Goddess
Yantra
Mystical diagram

Yashnaam karma
Karma which brings fame and credit to oneself

Yathaarth
In reality

Yoga
Movement in the regions of the atma; Meeting of atma with moksha; Attainment of the
instruments of moksha; Meditation Activity of mind, speech, physique; Mode through which Union with
God or Pure Self is sought.
Union. Science of the union of the individual with God.
Action; activity. In Gnanis Science all yoga, union involves action or activity e.g. Karma yoga.activity

Yojanaa
A measure of distance equal to about eight or nine miles

Yoni
Source; Place of creation