ayonisa -
perversion
(of belief), wrong dharmas.
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Pleased with such sense of compassion Indra appeared in his true form, blessed the king and restored him back to health as before.
kusala mulas - meritorious roots of actions as give good results. tirthikas - brahmin scholars who did not subscribe to Buddha's gospel; some of the famous tirthika teachers contemporaneous
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99. a-pudgala - non-being, non-self existence of heings.
100. asaya-nirvana - aimed release as in Hinayana: 'asaya' is
objective; nirvana as an objective.
101. riddhi - powers of special attainment.
102. dasa-bhumisvara - one of the most well known 'vaipulya sutras'
which was first translated into Chinese in 297 A. D. by Dharma-
raksa,
103. karya-nispatti - completeness, proficiency in work.
104. pristalabdha - later attainment.
105. vyavadana - cleansing, 'visuddhata'.
94 95.
96. 97.
Poorna-kasyapa, Maskari. Goshali-putra, Ajit kesa-karnbala, Kakuda-katyayana,
98.
with Buddha were;
Sanjayi vairathi-putra,
Nirgrantha-jfiatiputra.
prayoga - exercise, experiment.
pristalabdha - past achievement, inherited, previously accumulated.
aposa - non-performance, non-stability.
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? GLOSSARY - III
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? 8.
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1. aparimita - limitless.
2. aprarnana - also termed 'apramanya', because countless '[ivas'
(creatures) are the 'alambana' of this 'samadhi', which comprises 'rnaitri' (love), 'karuna' (compassion), 'rnudita' (joy) and 'upeksa' (detachment), the four 'brahma-viharas', the term 'aprarnana' is used in 'arya-dharma' scriptures.
3. dausthula - wickedness.
4. nimitta - an object, an aim, its motive cause.
5. nirvilkalpa pratibimbakama - a reflection, which is the result of
direct perception.
savikalpa pratibimbakama - a reflection, which is the result of mental acquisition.
vastu-paryantata - the ultimate of things.
karya-parinispatti - fulfilment of work or objective.
avikalpa - without alternatives, undifferentiated.
10. tattva-nirupana vikalpa - analytical option.
11. vastu-paryantatva - the limits of phenomena.
12. paryanta - limit, end, boundary.
13. rasayana - elixir.
14. asraya-pravritti - attainable through the path of transcendental or
undifferentiated 'jfiana ', 'buddhattva'.
15. karya samapatti - absorption in work.
16. sruta - that which is heard from an instructor or a teacher's lips.
17. chintana - reflection, contemplation. 'sruta-maya: 'chitana-
maya' and 'bhavana-maya' are practising Cprayogika') dharmas. anuvyanjana - artistry, expression.
parsana-mandala - boddhisattvas, jinas - the family Cparivara') of Buddha; his entourage.
rupi-arupa-bheda - the world is made up of mimes and forms Cnarne - rupatmaka'), both are related to skandhas, the difference of 'form' and 'non-form' - rupi (with form) and 'arupa ' (without form).
21. rupa-skandha - form heaps.
22. vedana-skandha - feeling heaps.
23. apratibhasa - non-reflection.
24. vastu-sata - the ultimate or 'paramartha' of things; it is 'nirvikalpa'.
25. bhava-lis-ness' - feeling thereof, they are 'sunya' in essence'
26. prapanch - falsehood, illusion.
27. nirnimitta yoga - undifferentiated yoga.
28. vyapaka - pervasive.
29. vyapya - object of pervasiveness.
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? 19.
? 20.
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30. kausidya -laziness, lethargy, opposite of valour Cveerya'),
31. sampramosa - forsaking.
32. laya - lethargic absorption of mind.
33. audhatya - insolence of mind.
34. anabhoga - non-effort.
35. abhoga - effort.
36. asta-prahana sarnskara - eight 'sarnskaras' that help removal of faults.
37. sraddha - mental bliss, faith.
38. chhanda - desire to work Ckartu-karnyata'),
39. vyayarna - exercise; exposition.
40. prasrabdhi - calmness; peace, activeness of body; opposite of
'dausthulya '.
41. smriti - recollectedness.
42. samprajfiaya - awareness.
43. chetana - that consciousness which understands 'samyaka hetu'
and 'mithya hetu' characteristics.
44. anusmriti - lit. 'to remember again and again or 'anunipa smriti', i. e.
proper rememberance of that which is of benefit to the yogi in his 'sadhana', the ten kinds of the objects of 'anusmriti' are; 'buddha- nusmriti', 'dharmanusmriti', 'samghanusmnn', 'sitanusmriti', 'labhanu- srnriti', 'devaran-nusmrtu', 'kayagatatma-smrm', 'marananusmnti', 'anapananusmrm', 'upasamananusmnn'.
45. chitta-nirodha - cessation of the mind.
46. chaturtha-dhyana - the last of the four 'dhyanas' or 'dhyana-
chatustaka ' specified for a yogi, it has two parts; 'upeksa-vedana: and 'ekagrata ' - feeling of detachment and concentration, all
GLOSSARY-III 125
'vitarka' (contradictions) disappear and 'detachment
becomes
53. 54.
55. 56.
57.
58. 59. 60.
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69.
70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75.
76.
themselves which is sacred and sanctified with divine attributes).
prabha - the gloss of divinity, aura.
parivara - the Buddha-family of boddhisattvas, 'jinas ' divine beings and deities who surround Buddha or live in their own different spheres like 'sukhavati'.
rnahabhoga - having a large compass, great enjoyment, providing others with it.
pratimoksa samvara - the vow for the deliverance of 'sattvas' from 'sarnsara'.
aupalambhika - one who makes available, a donor, a giver. pramrista - violated, afflicted with disease.
dana-pariyesthita - lapses in giving.
parikalpita - imagined, fictionalised with 'hetu' (cause) and 'pratyaya' (casual factor).
nisparikalpa - without 'hetu' and 'pratyaya' absolute. vyakarana - 'vyakhya', exposition, explanation.
Dipankara - a bodhisattva.
anirnitta-vihara-paramata - capacity to roam in 'animitta'. avaivartika - not-returning.
mridu indriya - soft senses, gentle.
tiksana indriya - sharp senses.
sarnudachara - appearance, manifestation.
parisista - appendix, residual; also name of a class of works supplementing sutras.
tyaga - renunciation.
rnahatyaga - great renunciation.
ati-tyaga - total renunciation.
gornaya-mandala - 'mandala. ' made of 'gornaya' or cow-dung. mandala - circular disc, orb.
nirodha sarnapatti - the absorption state when there is cessation of all dharmas.
visuddhatartarna ksana - 'ksana' or 'visesa' is the experience of 'pararnartha dravya' (the ultimate substance) which is 'arupi' (formless); while 'jfiana ', Dinnaga speaks of as "pratyaksa ' (manifest) and 'anumana ' (guess) as its two prongs, because a subject is either 'visesa' (special) or 'sarnanya' (ordinary); 'visesa' is the equivalent of 'ksana ', because it is that which is realised through 'vivechana ' (analysis) and is free from all 'sarnanya ' (ordinary) cIiaracteristics.
dharrna-dhatu - the true essence of things, the equivalent of 'tathata', 'sunyata', 'bhuta-koti'.
totally refined during this meditation.
47. asattvas - non-true existence of beings.
48. Darika - daughter.
49. bahusrutl - scholarly, erudite.
50.
ayonisa - perversion (of belief), wrong dharmas.
51. ajivakavada - belief in destiny and that both the learned and the
ignorant lead their destined lives and moving through cyclic existence and their cdukha ', it . believes neither in karma nor its fruit, founded by Makkali Gosal, one of the six famous teachers who were contemporaries of Buddha; Makkali lived in a hut behind 'Ietavana'.
52. ksetra-parisuddht - purification, sanctifying a (Buddha) - field, (buddhatva' is attained through 'punya ' and 'jfiana ' accumulations; Buddhas, who do not enter 'sunyata' after fulfilling their vow of service to 'sattvas' earn a field (' ksetra ') for
77.
kusala mulas - meritorious roots of actions as give good results. tirthikas - brahmin scholars who did not subscribe to Buddha's gospel; some of the famous tirthika teachers contemporaneous
GLOSSARY-II 121
99. a-pudgala - non-being, non-self existence of heings.
100. asaya-nirvana - aimed release as in Hinayana: 'asaya' is
objective; nirvana as an objective.
101. riddhi - powers of special attainment.
102. dasa-bhumisvara - one of the most well known 'vaipulya sutras'
which was first translated into Chinese in 297 A. D. by Dharma-
raksa,
103. karya-nispatti - completeness, proficiency in work.
104. pristalabdha - later attainment.
105. vyavadana - cleansing, 'visuddhata'.
94 95.
96. 97.
Poorna-kasyapa, Maskari. Goshali-putra, Ajit kesa-karnbala, Kakuda-katyayana,
98.
with Buddha were;
Sanjayi vairathi-putra,
Nirgrantha-jfiatiputra.
prayoga - exercise, experiment.
pristalabdha - past achievement, inherited, previously accumulated.
aposa - non-performance, non-stability.
.
"1'
? GLOSSARY - III
? ? ? ? ? 6.
? 7.
? 8.
? 9.
? ? ? ? ? . ,
1. aparimita - limitless.
2. aprarnana - also termed 'apramanya', because countless '[ivas'
(creatures) are the 'alambana' of this 'samadhi', which comprises 'rnaitri' (love), 'karuna' (compassion), 'rnudita' (joy) and 'upeksa' (detachment), the four 'brahma-viharas', the term 'aprarnana' is used in 'arya-dharma' scriptures.
3. dausthula - wickedness.
4. nimitta - an object, an aim, its motive cause.
5. nirvilkalpa pratibimbakama - a reflection, which is the result of
direct perception.
savikalpa pratibimbakama - a reflection, which is the result of mental acquisition.
vastu-paryantata - the ultimate of things.
karya-parinispatti - fulfilment of work or objective.
avikalpa - without alternatives, undifferentiated.
10. tattva-nirupana vikalpa - analytical option.
11. vastu-paryantatva - the limits of phenomena.
12. paryanta - limit, end, boundary.
13. rasayana - elixir.
14. asraya-pravritti - attainable through the path of transcendental or
undifferentiated 'jfiana ', 'buddhattva'.
15. karya samapatti - absorption in work.
16. sruta - that which is heard from an instructor or a teacher's lips.
17. chintana - reflection, contemplation. 'sruta-maya: 'chitana-
maya' and 'bhavana-maya' are practising Cprayogika') dharmas. anuvyanjana - artistry, expression.
parsana-mandala - boddhisattvas, jinas - the family Cparivara') of Buddha; his entourage.
rupi-arupa-bheda - the world is made up of mimes and forms Cnarne - rupatmaka'), both are related to skandhas, the difference of 'form' and 'non-form' - rupi (with form) and 'arupa ' (without form).
21. rupa-skandha - form heaps.
22. vedana-skandha - feeling heaps.
23. apratibhasa - non-reflection.
24. vastu-sata - the ultimate or 'paramartha' of things; it is 'nirvikalpa'.
25. bhava-lis-ness' - feeling thereof, they are 'sunya' in essence'
26. prapanch - falsehood, illusion.
27. nirnimitta yoga - undifferentiated yoga.
28. vyapaka - pervasive.
29. vyapya - object of pervasiveness.
? ? ? ? 18.
? 19.
? 20.
? 124
30. kausidya -laziness, lethargy, opposite of valour Cveerya'),
31. sampramosa - forsaking.
32. laya - lethargic absorption of mind.
33. audhatya - insolence of mind.
34. anabhoga - non-effort.
35. abhoga - effort.
36. asta-prahana sarnskara - eight 'sarnskaras' that help removal of faults.
37. sraddha - mental bliss, faith.
38. chhanda - desire to work Ckartu-karnyata'),
39. vyayarna - exercise; exposition.
40. prasrabdhi - calmness; peace, activeness of body; opposite of
'dausthulya '.
41. smriti - recollectedness.
42. samprajfiaya - awareness.
43. chetana - that consciousness which understands 'samyaka hetu'
and 'mithya hetu' characteristics.
44. anusmriti - lit. 'to remember again and again or 'anunipa smriti', i. e.
proper rememberance of that which is of benefit to the yogi in his 'sadhana', the ten kinds of the objects of 'anusmriti' are; 'buddha- nusmriti', 'dharmanusmriti', 'samghanusmnn', 'sitanusmriti', 'labhanu- srnriti', 'devaran-nusmrtu', 'kayagatatma-smrm', 'marananusmnti', 'anapananusmrm', 'upasamananusmnn'.
45. chitta-nirodha - cessation of the mind.
46. chaturtha-dhyana - the last of the four 'dhyanas' or 'dhyana-
chatustaka ' specified for a yogi, it has two parts; 'upeksa-vedana: and 'ekagrata ' - feeling of detachment and concentration, all
GLOSSARY-III 125
'vitarka' (contradictions) disappear and 'detachment
becomes
53. 54.
55. 56.
57.
58. 59. 60.
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69.
70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75.
76.
themselves which is sacred and sanctified with divine attributes).
prabha - the gloss of divinity, aura.
parivara - the Buddha-family of boddhisattvas, 'jinas ' divine beings and deities who surround Buddha or live in their own different spheres like 'sukhavati'.
rnahabhoga - having a large compass, great enjoyment, providing others with it.
pratimoksa samvara - the vow for the deliverance of 'sattvas' from 'sarnsara'.
aupalambhika - one who makes available, a donor, a giver. pramrista - violated, afflicted with disease.
dana-pariyesthita - lapses in giving.
parikalpita - imagined, fictionalised with 'hetu' (cause) and 'pratyaya' (casual factor).
nisparikalpa - without 'hetu' and 'pratyaya' absolute. vyakarana - 'vyakhya', exposition, explanation.
Dipankara - a bodhisattva.
anirnitta-vihara-paramata - capacity to roam in 'animitta'. avaivartika - not-returning.
mridu indriya - soft senses, gentle.
tiksana indriya - sharp senses.
sarnudachara - appearance, manifestation.
parisista - appendix, residual; also name of a class of works supplementing sutras.
tyaga - renunciation.
rnahatyaga - great renunciation.
ati-tyaga - total renunciation.
gornaya-mandala - 'mandala. ' made of 'gornaya' or cow-dung. mandala - circular disc, orb.
nirodha sarnapatti - the absorption state when there is cessation of all dharmas.
visuddhatartarna ksana - 'ksana' or 'visesa' is the experience of 'pararnartha dravya' (the ultimate substance) which is 'arupi' (formless); while 'jfiana ', Dinnaga speaks of as "pratyaksa ' (manifest) and 'anumana ' (guess) as its two prongs, because a subject is either 'visesa' (special) or 'sarnanya' (ordinary); 'visesa' is the equivalent of 'ksana ', because it is that which is realised through 'vivechana ' (analysis) and is free from all 'sarnanya ' (ordinary) cIiaracteristics.
dharrna-dhatu - the true essence of things, the equivalent of 'tathata', 'sunyata', 'bhuta-koti'.
totally refined during this meditation.
47. asattvas - non-true existence of beings.
48. Darika - daughter.
49. bahusrutl - scholarly, erudite.
50.
ayonisa - perversion (of belief), wrong dharmas.
51. ajivakavada - belief in destiny and that both the learned and the
ignorant lead their destined lives and moving through cyclic existence and their cdukha ', it . believes neither in karma nor its fruit, founded by Makkali Gosal, one of the six famous teachers who were contemporaries of Buddha; Makkali lived in a hut behind 'Ietavana'.
52. ksetra-parisuddht - purification, sanctifying a (Buddha) - field, (buddhatva' is attained through 'punya ' and 'jfiana ' accumulations; Buddhas, who do not enter 'sunyata' after fulfilling their vow of service to 'sattvas' earn a field (' ksetra ') for
77.
