| Word/Term |
Meaning |
| Daksina-agni: |
One of the sacred fires in
the Hindu srauta ritual |
| Dana: |
Charity; alms-giving |
| Dana Antaraya: |
Charity-Obstructive. |
| Dana-antaraya: |
A
type of karma that hinders the practice of charity |
| Dandin: |
One
who carries a staff |
| Darsana: |
Indeterminate
intuition, faith Intuition; a system of philosophy;
insight; perception |
| Darsana-mohaniya: |
Insight-deluding
karmas |
| Darsana-pratima: |
The
first step on the ladder of pratima |
| Darsanavaraniya: |
Perception-obscuring
karmas |
| Darsantika: |
Thesis |
| Darshana: |
Faith. |
| Darshana mohaniya: |
Right-belief-deluding
karmic matter |
| Darshana-kriya: |
Infatuated
desire to see a pleasing form. |
| Darshana-mohaniya: |
Right-belief-deluding. |
| Darshana-vishuddhi: |
Purity
of right-belief |
| Darshanavarana: |
Conation-obscuring |
| Dasa-dharma: |
Ten
forms of righteousness |
| Dashaya: |
Astringent,
(Saline). |
| Desa-virata: |
The
fifth gunasthana where desa-virati is attained |
| Desa-virati: |
The
set of restraints prescribed for a Jaina layman |
| Desana-labdhi: |
Obtaining
instruction in the Jaina teachings |
| Desavakasika: |
Limiting
the area of one's movement |
| Desha-Katha: |
Scandal |
| Deshavrata: |
Taking
a vow to limit worldly activity to fixed points for a
short period of time, for example,for one's weely or
daily worldly activity. |
| Deva: |
Celestial; Heavenly
beings; untimate divinity; The
Celestial beings |
| Deva Anupurvi: |
Celestial--migratory
form. |
| Deva-Ayu: |
Celestial-age-karma |
| Deva-brahmana: |
Divine
brahman, i.e., a Jaina brahman |
| Deva-dusya: |
Divine
cloth; a finely woven piece of cloth |
| Deva-mudhata: |
Delusion
pertaining to gods |
| Deva-nikayas: |
The
four orders of gods |
| Devagama: |
The
arrival of gods at a holy gathering |
| Devajiva: |
Soul
of the god |
| Devanupurvi: |
The
power of retaining the last form whatever it was, in
going to the celestial condition of existence. |
| Devapuja: |
Worship
of the Tirthankaras |
| Devayu: |
Celestial
age. |
| Dharana: |
Retention |
| Dharma: |
Attribute; Holy
law; elements in Buddhist doctrine; righteousness, ten
forms; Observances; Principle
of Motion; The
true Religion |
| Dharma svakhya
tattvanupreksha: |
Nature
of Right-Path as said by the conquerors. The true nature
of Truth, i.e., the three fold path to real Liberation. |
| Dharma-dravya: |
The
principle of motion |
| Dharma-katha: |
Religious
tale |
| Dharma-labha: |
Increase
in righteousness |
| Dharma-svakhyatatva: |
The
absolutely true teachings of the Jinas |
| Dharma-tirtha: |
Holy
path |
| Dharmadhyana: |
Virtuous
concentration |
| Dharmin: |
Subject |
| Dhrauvya: |
Continuance |
| Dhruva (Matijnana): |
Constant |
| Dhruva Shunya-Vargana: |
Fixed-indifferent-molecule |
| Dhruva Vargana: |
Fixed-molecule |
| Dhupa: |
Incense |
| Dhvani: |
The
word |
| Dhyana: |
Concentration--internal
austerity. Meditation |
| Digambara: |
Sky-clad;
name of the Jaina sect whose mendicants practice ascetic
nudity |
| Digha-tapassi: |
One
who engages in extended penances |
| Digvrata: |
Restriction
on the distances a person may travel; Taking
a life-long vow to limit his wordly activity to fixed
points in all the 10 directions; East, West, North,
South, South-east, East-north, North-west, West-south,
and Up and Down. |
| Diksa: |
Initiation |
| Dipa: |
Lamp |
| Divyadhvani: |
Miraculous
sound |
| Dosa: |
Imperfection |
| Dravya: |
Substance;
external |
| Dravya (Niksepa): |
Substance |
| Dravya-carya: |
Nominal
acarya |
| Dravya-mana: |
Mind-qua-substance; The
physical basis of the mind |
| Dravya-puja: |
Form
of worship employing external objects |
| Dravya-samyaktva: |
The
external aspect of true insight |
| Dravyadeva: |
Substantial
symbol of god |
| Dravyajiva: |
Substantial
soul |
| Dravyajivatva: |
Substantial
soul |
| Dravyakalpana: |
Distinction
of substance |
| Dravyakriya: |
Pseudo-action |
| Dravyanikaramba: |
Substance
transformed into sense-data |
| Dravyartha: |
Through
the substance |
| Dravyarthika: |
Of
the substance |
| Dravyarthikabhasa: |
False
point of view of substance |
| Dravyarthikanaya: |
Point
of the substance |
| Dravyastikanaya: |
Material
point of view |
| Dravyatmaka: |
Substantial |
| Dravyatva: |
Capacity
by which it is always changing in modifications; Change-ability; Substantial
soul |
| Dravyendra: |
Sense
qua substance |
| Drsta: |
Perception |
| Drstanta: |
Example |
| Drstanta-dosa: |
Fallacy
of example |
| Duh-pramrishta: |
Putting
down a thing petulantly or peevishly. |
| Duhshruti: |
Reading
or hearing bad books. |
| Duhsvara: |
Harsh-voiced,
noisy. |
| Dukha: |
Pain |
| Durbhaga: |
Unprepossessing;
even though beautiful. |
| Durbhiksa: |
Famine |
| Durgamdha: |
Evil-smelling;
mal-odorous. |
| Dusama: |
Unhappy |
| Dusama-dusama: |
Extremely
unhappy |
| Dvesa: |
Hatred;
aversion |
| Dvesha: |
Hatred
in the pleasing and displeasing wordly objects of the
five senses. |
| Dvija: |
Twice-born |
| Dvindriya: |
Two-sensed. |
| Dvipa: |
Island |
| Dvipa-samudra: |
Island-continent |
