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- Jaḍa:
- Subconscious, as opposed to conscious (cetana).
- Jagat:
- The world, the universe.
- Jāgrat:
- The waking state (avasthā), corresponding to physics (tamas). The tenth of the ten states. A “dream within a dream.” See Avasthā.
- Jala:
- Water. The ninth principle of physics (tattva of tamas) and the sixth gross element (mahābhūta). Resonates with the sense of tasting/reproducing (indriya of jihvā/upastha) and the subtle element of flavor (tanmātra of 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 of mind (tattva of sattva) and the sixth sense (indriya). Resonates with the subtle element of flavor (tanmātra of rasa) and the gross element of water (mahābhūta of jala). See Indriya.
- Jīva:
- 1) Life, soul, as opposed to oversoul (īśvara). A part of the oversoul (aṃśa). 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, the knowledge which belongs to the mind. The second principle of mind (tattva of sattva) and the fifth of the seven yogas (yoga saptaka). Part of a triad (traya) that includes the mental sheath and the name body (manomayakośa and nāmaśarīra). See Yoga.
- Jñānendriya:
- The knowledge aspect of a sense (indriya), as opposed to the action aspect (karmendriya). The five named knowledge senses (jñānendriyas) being hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting, and smelling (śrotra, cakṣus, tvac, jihvā, and 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.