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Council | Year | Place | Achievement | President |
1 | 310 BCE | Patliputra | Compilation of 12 Angas to replace Purvas (Rejected by Digambaras) | Sthulabhadra |
2 | 453 or 466 CE | Vallabhi (Gujarat) | Final compilation of 12 Angas and 12 Upangas | Derridhiganj |
Key Term/Concept | Meaning / Purpose |
a) Basadis | Jaina monastic establishment |
b) Avadhijnana | Superhuman cognition |
c) Ganadharas | Chief disciples of Mahavira |
d) Siddha | Fully liberated |
e) Dravya | Substance |
f) Guna | Quality |
g) Paryaya | Mode |
h) Jiva | Soul |
i) Eva | In fact |
j) Pudgala | Aggregates of atoms that have form, color, taste, and smell, which can be touched and felt |
k) Chaitanya | Consciousness |
l) Virya | Energy |
m) Mohaniya | Delusion-causing karma |
n) Asarva | Flow |
o) Nirjara | Wearing out |
p) Gunasthanas | Stages of purification |
q) Arhat | One who has entered the stage of kevalajnana |
r) Tirthankara | Arhat who has already gained the ability to teach the doctrine |