Guna Sthana
(गुणस्थान)Literal Meaning
Stage of spiritual quality
Etymology & Sanskrit Root
From 'guna' (quality) + 'sthana' (place, stage) — one of fourteen sequential stages marking the soul's progressive purification on the path to liberation.
Spiritual Insight & Context
The first Guna Sthana is Mithyatva (wrong belief) and the fourteenth and final is complete, motionless purity that leads immediately to liberation.