ABSTRACT
Exposition of the fifth an≥ga of the flvetåmbara scriptural canon. Explanations
Five Homages sacred formula of invocation. fordmaker one of the chain of twenty-four omniscient
Fourfold Restraint ascetic vow associated with Pår¬va. gaccha ascetic lineage. gan˝adhara fordmaker’s disciple. gan˝in leader of a small group of ascetics. Gautama Mahåv⁄ra’s principal disciple. Jina ‘conqueror’, epithet of the fordmakers. jinakalpa mode of life, involving nakedness and austerities,
imitative of the fordmakers. j⁄va soul, life-monad. kålika scriptural text which can be studied only at
specific times. Kali Yuga the Corrupt World Age. Kalpas¨tra flvetåmbara scriptural text containing biographies
Kannada language of the south Indian state of Karnataka. karmabh¨mi land where religious action can lead to deliver-
ance. kåyotsarga ascetic or contemplative posture. kevalin individual who has attained omniscience. Kundakunda early Digambara teacher. loka the universe within which rebirth takes place. Mahåv⁄ra ‘Great Hero’, name of the last fordmaker of the
Digambara ascetic lineage. muni general designation of Jain monk. naya logical standpoint. Nemi the twenty-second fordmaker.
