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BUDDHIST DICTIONARY - J -
- janaka-kamma: 'regenerative karma'; s. karma.
- jarā:
'old age, decay', is one of the 3 divine
messengers (s. deva-dūta). For its conditioning by birth, s.
paticcasamuppāda
(11).
- jāti
- javana
- jewels.
The 3: ti-ratana.
- jhāna
- jhānanga:
'constituents (or factors) of absorption'; s.
prec.
- jhāna-paccaya,
is one of the 24 conditions (paccaya).
- jīva
- jīvita
and jīvitindriya: 'Life, vitality', may
be either physical (rūpa-jīvitindriya) or mental (nāma-jīvitindriya).
The latter is one of the mental factors inseparably associated with all
consciousness; cf. nāma,
cetanā, phassa.
- jīvita-navaka-kalāpa:
nine-fold vital group; s.
rūpa-kalāpa.
- joy:
somanassa. - Altruistic j. = muditā
(s. brahma-vihāra).
 
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