Updated Glossary of Bhagavati Aradhana

Glossary



abhavadijoggo - lack of diligent practice

adahidagavesi - seeker of self-betterment

ahava - or / else

akayavva - not one's duty / not one's obligation

anadimicchaditthi - one who has deluded since the beginning of time

ananta - unending / endless

anantasamsara - unending cycle of transmigration

anantasamsari - he who is stuck in the unending cycle of transmigration

anovamiya - unparalleled, without any simile

antara - gap / difference

anuttara - unrivalled, highest

aradhejja - to attain perfect rational perception, rational knowledge, rational conduct and rational austerity.

arahana - means of cleansing the soul through rational perception, rational knowledge, rational conduct and rational austerity.

arahana - to seek / to practise / to worship / to acquire / to attain / to effect / to accomplish / to achieve

arahanapadaya - the pennant of perfect rational perception, knowledge and conduct

arahaya - to do the arahana

arahantena - focusing on attaining

arihanta - embodied liberated being

asadha - the same as

asadana - sasadana gunasthana (the 2nd gunasthana)

avvabaha - unimpeded / unobstructed / uninterrupted

avi - even / too / also

avirada - he who is not bound by vows / he who does not control his senses

avirada sammaditthi - he who has rational perception but does not control his senses

aunjana - attention / employment / use / application

bala - force

bala - child

balabalamarana - The worst kind of death, with no spiritual awareness

balamarana - death of a person who has an absence of rational perception, knowledge, conduct and austerities

balabalammi - The worst kind of death, with no spiritual awareness

balapanditamarana - he who has the qualities of a child but has also attained rational perception, knowledge, conduct and austerities to a certain extent

balat - forcibly

bahula - in large numbers / to a large extent / in profusion

bhanido - to say

bhaniya - to say / to described

bhaniyam - to say

bhattapainna marana - voluntary death undertaken by a monk wherein he serves other monks and is served by others

bhavadi - to be

bhavissa - future

bhavida - diligent

bhavadijoggo - diligent practice

bhodi - to be

bhayanijja - may or may not take place

bila - the abode of a snake

cakkhu - eyes

cakkhu damsana - eyesight

cakkhussa - relating to the eyes

caranam - rational conduct

caranammi - rational conduct

caritta - rational conduct

caritte - rational conduct

carittasara - the essence / the result of rational conduct

carittarahana - to practise rational conduct

cautthammi - fourth

cettha - attempt

cundaccudakamma - like the act of a churning stick, which is manipulated by two side strings. When one string is loosened, the other is tightened. This is how the churning stick works, churning the liquid in the vessel each time the string is loosened or tightened. The analogy here is, when the mendicant has not taken vows, he shall keep committing sins. So any austerities practised by him shall be ineffective. Just as a churning stick is pulled by one string when the other is slackened, similarly, the unrestrained votary shall commit sins on the one hand, while practising austerities on the other - thus nullifying the beneficial effects of the austerities.

dansana / damsana - (rational) perception

damsananana - perception and knowledge

datthuna - after seeing

desida - pronounced / declared / said / promulgated

dittha - seen / observed

dittho - seen / observed

dosa - {in this case} accidental touching

duviha - in two ways

gutti - control

haradi - to capture

harai - to capture

hatthinhana - bath taken by an elephant

havadi - to be

havai - to be

hodi - to be

hoi - to be

iha - this / here

ingini marana - voluntary death undertaken by a monk wherein he serves himself and not served by another

iya - only

iyasamannam - only monkhood

jadadi - to make an effort / to perform / to exert oneself / to carry out something with great effort

jadi - if

jaha - just as

jamha - because

jahakhada - faultless, mendicant conduct conforming to perfect purity

jahuttacarissa - monks who conduct their lives as prescribed in the scriptures

jeduna - to defeat / to conquer

jhana - meditation

jhanasamattha - capable of meditation

jidakarana - to master / to bring under one's control

jina - Jina, Tirthankara, embodied enlightened soul

jinavayana - the teachings of the Jinas

jiva - soul / life monad / living being

jogabhavidakarana - correct and constant practise

jogapariyammam - appropriate efforts for spiritual cleansing

jogga - appropriate / correct

juddha - battle / war

juddharanga - battlefield

juddharangammi - in the battlefield

juddhe kammasamattho - capable of fighting a war worthily

kajje - for the sake of

kayavva - obligation / duty / task

kevali - omniscient being

khanena - in a moment

khanuga - tree stump

khanugaditthanta - the example of a tree stump. {If one has freakish luck, even a random tree stump may yield a treasure}

khina - feeble

khinakasaya - very feeble, negligible passions

kindaim - why not

koi - someone

kumaramalla - warrior prince

kunadi - to do

kunai - to do

mahaguna - great virtue / great benefit / worthy accomplishment

marana - death

maranti - to die

micchatta - delusion

micchaditthi - deluded / lacking rational perception

micchattadi - delusion, etc.

na - not

nana - knowledge / wisdom / awareness

nanadamsanacaritta - rational knowledge, perception and conduct

nanadamsanacaritte - practicising rational knowledge, perception and conduct

nauna - to know / to discriminate

nicca - regular

niccharana - carrying with oneself to the next birth

niradicara - flawlessly

nirattha - meaningless

nivvahana - carrying, continuing with

nivvana - liberation

niyama - rule

niyamena - as a rule (without any exception)

padantam - to fall down

padopagamana marana - voluntary death undertaken by a monk who goes away from his ascetic group and takes shelter in another suitable country, wherein he neither serves other monks nor is served by others

pamana - universal truth / universally accepted rule / benchmark

panca - five

pancamaye - fifth

pandidapandidamarana - voluntary death of a monk perfectly immersed in rational perception, knowledge and conduct and austerities.

pandidapandidamarana - voluntary death of a monk with rational perception, knowledge and conduct and austerities.

parihara - to give up, to avoid

pariyamma - to cleanse / to purify / to make preparations

pariyammabhavida - one who cleanses one's soul regularly / one who practices such cleansing

pavayana - discourse / sermon / teaching / doctrine

puno - then / again

puvva - prior / earlier

puvvamabhavadijoggo - prior lack of diligent practice

rangamhi - stage

rajjavadaya - the regal pennant

rayakulapasu - royal descendant, heir to the throne

rivu - enemy

sadhu - Jain ascetic

sangaha - collection / to bring together

sahu - Jain ascetic

sahussa - the Jain ascetics who..

sahana - reviving, bringing back

samanna - monkhood

samidi - carefulness

sammaditthi - he who has rational perception

samasena - briefly

sammatta - rational perception / right faith

samyak caritra - rational conduct / right conduct

samyak darshana - rational perception / right faith

samyak jnana - rational knowledge / right knowledge

samyak tapa - rational austerity / right austerity

sanjama - self-restraint / self-control

santhara - voluntary death

sappa - snake

sappadi - snakes, etc.

sara - essence / result

sattarasa - seventeen

savva - all

savvada - at all times

savvattha - everywhere / universal

sesa - the others

sesakala - the rest of the time

settu - enemy

siddha - perfect liberated being free from all worldly encumbrances

so - thus

sucira - for a long time

suha - bliss / ease / comfort

suhasajjharahana - easy attainment of rational perception, knowledge and conduct

susanthara - perfect voluntary death

susanthara rangamhi - stage of perfect voluntary death

tadattham - for that purpose

tadiya - three / third

taha - similarly

tam - that

tamha - therefore

tao - austerity

tave - austerity

tavo - austerity

tassa - his / hers

tattha - from there / out of there

tavam - austerity

tavo - austerity

tena - by him

titthankara - Tirthankara, embodied omniscient being

titthayara - Tirthankara, embodied omniscient being

tiviha - three ways

to - subsequently

ujjama - the act of undertaking anything / exertion / perseverance / strenuous and continuous endeavour / active preparation

ujjavana - remaining immersed

ujjovana - removing doubts

ukkassa - great / tremendous
vi - through / between / from - to
vihara - to travel
vijeduna - to destroy / decimate / wipe out

viradavirada - partly controlled behaviour - the 5th gunasthana (stage of spiritual emancipation)
viradhana - to give up / to lose / to turn away / to deride / to look down upon

vocchami - to say / to declare
ya - also / and