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| CONCEPT | DESCRIPTION | 
|---|---|
| Navkar Mantra | The most fundamental Jain prayer. | 
| Nav Tattvas | Jainism's fundamental concepts. | 
| Jiva | The concept of the soul. | 
| Gati | State of existence of life. | 
| Ajiva | Nonliving. | 
| Kalchakra | Jain time cycle. | 
| Punya and Pap | Good and bad consequences. | 
| Karma | Theory of karma. | 
| Kashaya | Passions. | 
| Ghati Karmas | Destructive karmas. | 
| Aghati Karmas | Non-destructive karmas. | 
| Leshya | States of mind. | 
| Bhavnas | Reflections or meditations. | 
| Asrav | Inflow of karma. | 
| Samvar | Blocking of the inflow of karma. | 
| Nirjara | Shedding of karma. | 
| Charitra | Conduct. | 
| Pratikraman | Jain rituals. | 
| Instincts | |
| Antiquity of Jainism | |
| Yakshas and Yakshinies | Lesser Jain deities. | 
These were taken from e-mails sent by Premchand B. Gada to the Jain E-mail List.
They are not formatted as HTML documents so they may look a little odd.
 · December 19, 1998 ·
· December 19, 1998 ·