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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Learning’; ‘training’. A female member of the Saṅgha who is under probation for the bhikṣuṇī ordination.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Maintainer/holder of mātṛkā'; the ancient specialists in what later on evolved to be the Ābhidharmikas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Manly/virile activity,. This term refers … ‘Manly/virile activity,. This term refers to the efficacious action of a dharma in a very general sense: Just as a man’s activity is not apart from the man, likewise, a dharma’s efficacious action bringing about a corresponding effect is not apart the dharma itself. AKB, 96: "That fruit which is bom through the force of a certain [dharma] is the fruit of the manly activity of that [dharma]."[dharma] is the fruit of the manly activity of that [dharma].")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Manly/virile fruit,the fruit for the sahabhū-hetu and saṃprayukta- hetu. However, since puruṣa-kāra refers to the efficacy of a dharma in a very general sense, the fruit of any hetu could also be called a "manly fruit .)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Matter acompanying (/operating together with) thought’;i.e., the avijñapti.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Mental application on the real’.A contemplation on the real nature of things is called a “mental application to the real”,such as the true characteristic of a dharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Mind-ground’,mental sphere, mental stage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Name-and-form,the pycho-physical complex of a sentient.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Nature,‘original nature’.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Non-peacefulness and insecurity’,'not peaceful and insecure .This is a defining feature of what is akuśala.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Not praise-worthy’,vice, transgression.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘One who accords with (or emphasizes) logical reasoning’,a term used by followers of the Sarvāstivāda to refer to themselves in contra-distincion from the Vibhajyavāda.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘One who has been much detached;a practitioner who, before entering into the darśanamārga, has already abandoned (through the worldly path) the defilements abandonable by cultivation, from six to eight categories.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘One who is (totally) destructive’,a nihilist. Saṃghabhadra refers by this term to those who deny the reality of the svabhāva of dharma-s.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Other-nature,as opposed to intrinsic (/self-)nature.-►svabhāva.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Production-production ’,one of the four anulakṣaṇa-s. Its function is to generate jāti. —►anulakṣaṇa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Rabbit-dust’,the size of seven ap-rajas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Ram-dust’. The size of seven śaśa-rajas-s.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Resemblance of delusion’. It is not the kleśa, delusion itself, but only a resemblance of it. This refers to the vāsanā left behind as a result of the perfuming of moha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Resemblance of greed’. It is not the kleśa,greed itself, but only a resemblance of it. This refers to the vāsanā left behind as a result of the perfuming of rāga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Resemblance of hatred’. It is not the kleśa, hatred itself, but only a resemblance of it. This refers to the vāsanā left behind as a result of the perfuming of dveṣa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Sameness in mode of activity’: Conjoined thought and thought-concomitants have the same mode of comprehending the shared cognitive object. —►pañca-samatā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Sameness in respect of [being a singular] … ‘Sameness in respect of [being a singular] substance':Conjoined thought and thought-concomitants are equal in being singular in substance. E.g., although there are three types of sensation (yedanā) and various types of ideations (samjñā), only one single type of sensation and one single of ideation at a time is conjoined with thought and other thought-concomitants. —► pañca-samatād with thought and other thought-concomitants. —► pañca-samatā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Sameness of the supporting basis:conjoined thought and thought- concomitants share the same support-basis. pañca samatā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Sameness of time’:Conjoined thought and thought-concomitants necessarily arise at the same time. —►pañca samatā.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Signless; one of the 3 vimokṣa-mukha-s.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Similar to that (which is presently active, although this itself is non-active)’, a ‘facsimile,. E.g., an eye in darkness which does not exercise its function of seeing is a tatsabhāga eye.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Split of the monastic community’; it is also the name of a citta-viprayukta-saṃskāra, having asāmagrī as its svabhāva.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Stream-discordant’,one who has planted the skilful roots of mokṣa-bhāgīya. Stream (srotas) refers to saṃsāra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Subsidiary element,a term similar in significance to bīja (seed), used by Śrīlāta.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Substance-atom’,atom as a single entity in itself; e.g., a green colour atom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Teaching’, ‘elaborative exposition ’;the … ‘Teaching’, ‘elaborative exposition ’;the last member of the dvādaśāṅga -dharma- pravacana. In a specific sense, it is synonymous with Abhidharma. In Saṃghabhadra's words, "upadeśa refers to the non-erroneous revealing, answering of objections and ascertainment, of the preceding [eleven] members [of the dvādaśāṅga-dharma-pravacana]"g [eleven] members [of the dvādaśāṅga-dharma-pravacana]")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘The extremely fine,an atom. The MVS defin … ‘The extremely fine,an atom. The MVS defines it thus: "A paramānu is the smallest rūpa. It cannot be cut, broken, penetrated It is neither long nor short, It has no smaller parts; it cannot be decomposed, ... . It is ... the finest (sarva-süksma) of all rūpa-s:’Paramānu is divisible as dravya-paramānu and samghāta-paramanu.u is divisible as dravya-paramānu and samghāta-paramanu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Thoughtless,without any mental activity (as in the cessation meditation).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Trace’,perfuming. Saṃghabhadra explains that this is a designation (not a real entity) for a mental state conditioned by the aklita-ajñāna. The Buddha is free from this because he does not have the aklista-ajñāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Turning’,‘operating’;present, the present.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Twelve-limb’,twelve-fold (classification). —► dvādaśāñga-dharma-pravacana)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘View';its svabhāva is prajñā. It is chara … ‘View';its svabhāva is prajñā. It is characterized by a strong mode of activity (ākāra) of speculation and judgment (saṃtīraṇa). As kleśa, it is five-fold: satkāya-dṛṣṭi, antagraha-dṛṣṭi, mithyā-dṛṣṭi, dṛṣṭi-parmārśa and śīlavrata-parāmarśa. It also operates as proper view (samyag-dṛṣṭi).rāmarśa. It also operates as proper view (samyag-dṛṣṭi).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Warmed-up’,‘warmth,. This is the first attainment in the nirvedha -bhāgīya of the prayoga stage. It is sometimes also given as ūṣman.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Weak faculty’;in contrast to a tīkṣnendriya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Wheel-wielding’,Universal Monarch.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘Wind of saṃjñā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘[A straight-forward anwer] consisting the word "No”’ (to a question of the form: "does p imply q?").)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘[A straight-forward anwer] consisting the word "yes’” (to a question of the form: "does p imply q?’’).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (‘supported’,as opposed to the support (āśraya). E.g., the Great Elements are the āśmya-s and the derived matters are āśrita.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (’Listener’. A disciple of the Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (“Dharma body”: the emptiness aspect of Buddhahood; also translated as “body of truth,” “absolute dimension.”)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (“Great Seal”: the Great Seal means that the seal of the absolute nature is on everything, that all phenomena belong to the wisdom mandala. The term is used to denote the teaching, the meditation practice, or the supreme accomplishment)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (“He who is honored with a hundred gifts.” The ruler of the Heaven of the Thirty-Three in the realms ofthe gods.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (“He whose accomplishment is related to the … “He whose accomplishment is related to the nāgas.” The great first-second-century Indian master and father of the Profound View tradition who rediscovered the Buddha’s teachings on transcendent wisdom (prajnāpāramitā) in the realm of the nāgas and composed numerous treatises that became the basic texts for the proponents of the Madhyamika or Middle Way philosophical system.yamika or Middle Way philosophical system.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (“Land of the Jambu Tree.” The southern continent in the ancient Indian cosmology, the world in which we live.)