- Vanaprasth-ashrama
- Family and service to society.? This is the third of four stages that a Jain shravak and shravika are recommended to pass through in his or her lifetime.
- Vanasi
- Forest dweller.
- Vandana
- Act of bowing, or offering salutations.
- Vandana
- Reverent salutation.
- Varna
- Caste, hierarchy, class.? Color.? A quality of matter.
- Varnalabha
- Ritual celebrating the establishment of a new household by a married son.
- Veda
- Sexual feelings.
- Vedniya
- An aghati karma that determines the mundane experience of pain and pleasure.
- Veerya
- Strength.? A pure soul has infinite strength.
- Vira-nirvana
- Beginning of the Jaina era.? Death anniversary of Mahavir.
- Vitraag
- One from whom attachment is gone for materials.
- Vrat
- Vow.
- Yathapravrtta-karana
- The soul's ineradicable tendency towards spiritual growth.
- Yati
- A spiritually advanced layman of the Svetambara sect.
- Yatra
- Pilgrimage.
- Yoga
- Vibration, Activities, or Meditation.
- Yojana
- A measure of distance equal to about eight or nine miles.
