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- Jaḍa:
- Subconscious, as opposed to conscious (cetana).
- Jagat:
- The world, the universe.
- Jāgrat:
- The waking state, corresponding to physics (tamas). The tenth of the ten states. A “dream within a dream.” See Avasthā.
- Jala:
- Water. The ninth principle (tattva) of physics (tamas) and the sixth gross element (mahābhūta). Resonates with the sense (indriya) of tasting/reproducing (jihvā/upastha) and the subtle element (tanmātra) of flavor (rasa). See Mahābhūta.
- Janana:
- Generative, productive. See Kālavāda.
- Janma:
- Birth, incarnation.
- Japa:
- Repetition, recitation.
- Japya:
- To be repeated, to be recited.
- Jāti:
- Birth.
- Jayana:
- Conquering, subduing, overcoming.
- Jihvā:
- See below.
- Jihvā/Upastha:
- Tasting/reproducing. The ninth principle (tattva) of mind (sattva) and the sixth sense (indriya). Resonates with the subtle element (tanmātra) of flavor (rasa) and the gross element (mahābhūta) of water (jala). See Indriya.
- Jīva:
- 1) Life, soul, as opposed to oversoul (īśvara). A part (aṃśa) of the oversoul. The seventh of the ten strings (daśaguṇa). See Guṇa.
- 2) A living being. See Kālavāda.
- Jīvātman:
- Living self. See Ātman.
- Jñā:
- The knower. Part of a triad (traya) that includes the knowledge and the known (jñāna and jñeya). See Puruṣa.
- Jñāna:
- 1) The knowledge. Part of a triad (traya) that includes the knower and the known (jñā and jñeya). See Īśvara.
- 2) See Jñānayoga.
- Jnana Yoga:
- The book on knowledge yoga by Swami Vivekānanda.
- Jñānayoga:
- Knowledge yoga. Specifically, knowledge which belongs to the mind. The third principle (tattva) of mind (sattva) and the fifth of the seven yogas (yoga saptaka). Part of a triad (traya) that includes the mental sheath (manomayakośa) and the name body (nāmaśarīra). See Yoga.
- Jñānendriya:
- The knowledge aspect of a sense (indriya). The five named knowledge senses (jñānendriyas) being hearing (śrotra), seeing (cakṣus), feeling (tvac), tasting (jihvā), and smelling (ghrāṇa). See Indriya.
- Jñeya:
- The known. Part of a triad (traya) that includes the knower and the knowledge (jñā and jñāna). See Prakṛti.
- Juhvāna:
- Offering, sacrificing.