Category: Dictionary

Purvacara (Hetu) Predecessor

Purva ratanu smarana-tyaga Renouncing of thinking over, remembrance of past enjoyment of women

Purva A group of fourteen Jaina canonical texts, now extinct

Purusha-visesa Special soul, i.e., the God (Isvara) of the Yoga school

Puranas Name of a class of sacred texts dealing with the lives of Tirthankaras

Punya-ksetra Field of merit

Punya-karma Wholesome karma

Puja Worship

Pudgalavadin Follower of Buddhist school which upholds a theory of soul

Pudgala-skandha Aggregate of matter