| WORD |
MEANING |
| Madhu: |
Honey |
| Madhura: |
Sweet. |
| Madhya-loka: |
Middle of terrestrial world |
| Madhyasthya: |
Tolerance or indifference to those who are uncivil or ill-behaved. |
| Madya: |
Alcohol |
| Maha-Skandha-Vargana: |
Great-molecule-molecule |
| Mahana: |
Prakrit for Sanskrit brahmana |
| Mahavira-jayanti: |
Birth anniversary of Mahavira |
| Mahavrata: |
The five great vows of a mendicant |
| Maitri: |
Benevolence for all living beings. |
| Mamsa: |
Flesh; meat |
| Mana: |
Movement by mind. |
| Pride |
| Manah-paryaya: |
Psychic mode |
| Manah-paryaya (Jnana): |
Intuition of the modes of other minds Telepathy |
| Manah-paryaya-darsana: |
Intuition of the psychic mode |
| Manahparyaya-jnanavarana: |
Mental-knowledge-obscuring. |
| Manahparyayajnana: |
Direct awareness of thought forms of others without the aid of mind or senses |
| Manas: |
Mind |
| Manasatva: |
Mental cognition |
| Manastambha: |
A characteristic Jaina pillar |
| Mano Agrahya-Vargana: |
Mind-unreceivable-molecule |
| Mano-Vargana: |
Mind-molecule |
| Manodravya: |
Mind substance |
| Manogupti: |
Preservation of mind. |
| Manojanma: |
Born of mind |
| Manojanya: |
Born of mind |
| Mantra: |
Holy litany |
| Manushya: |
Human. |
| Manushya Anupurvi: |
Human–Migratory form. |
| Manushya-Ayu: |
Human-age-karma |
| Manushyayu: |
Human age. |
| Manusya: |
Human being |
| Manusya-gati: |
Human destiny |
| Marga prabhavana: |
Propagation of the path of Liberation. |
| Masi: |
Ink; writing |
| Mastakabhiseka: |
Head-anointing [ceremony] |
| Mati (Jnana): |
Perceptual |
| Mati-jnanavarana: |
Sensitive-knowledge-obscuring. |
| Matijana: |
Mind-based knowledge |
| Maulahetu: |
Original cause |
| Maya: |
Causes inflow of sub-human age karma |
| Cheating others, preaching the false doctrines, etc. Deceit |
| Deceit. |
| Maya-shalya: |
The thorn of deceit. |
| Mayakriya: |
Deceitful disturbance of some one’s right knowledge and faith. |
| Mayavada: |
Illusionism |
| Mithya (Sruta): |
FALSE |
| Mithya-drsti: |
Perverted vision |
| Mithya-shalya: |
The thorn of wrong-belief. |
| Mithyadarsana: |
Synonymous with mathyadrsti and mithyatva |
| wrong-belief |
| Mithyadrsti: |
Incorrect view of reality |
| Mithyatva: |
Lack of insight; |
| wrong belief. |
| synonymous with mithyadarsana |
| synonymous with mithyadrsti |
| Mithyatva-kriya: |
Action which strengthens wrong belief, e.g., superstition, etc. |
| Mohaniya: |
Deluding |
| Mohaniya-karma: |
Karma that prevents the true perception of reality and the purity of the soul; karma that defiles the bliss-quality of the soul |
| Moksa: |
Liberation |
| Salvation; emancipation from the cycle of birth and death |
| Moksa-marga: |
The path of salvation |
| Moksha: |
Liberation |
| The total separation of Soul from the bondage of all matter |
| Muh-patti: |
A small piece of cloth worn over the mouth by Sthanakavasi mendicants to protect airbodies from harm |
| Mukta: |
The Liberated Soul. |
| Mula Guna: |
a kind of production of the dependance relating to the non-soul, i.e., of the body, speech, mind and respiration. |
| Mulagunas: |
The eight basic restraints of a Jaina layman |
| Mulasutra: |
A group of texts belonging to the subsidiary canon |
| Muni: |
Mendicant; sage |
| Murccha: |
Delusion |
| Murtatva: |
Along with Achetanatva, is common to Matter. |
| Materiality |
