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छद्मस्थ (chadmastha)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
छद्म—स्थ
m.
(Prākṛt chauma-ttha), ‘remaining in error’, a common man or ascetic (not possessing the knowledge of a केवलिन्),
Jain.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Chadmastha (HA), a would-be Jina [living a monk's life]
before attainment of kevala-jñāna. Cf. Bodhisattva.