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 |