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 |
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 |