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Chapter 1 - Verse 15
Question: What is meant by "anxiety" when it refers to the mind? The eye and other senses, as well as the mind, are all means of cognition; what is the purpose of distinguishing one as a sense (indriya) and the other as non-sense (anindriya)?
Answer: The eye and others are external means, while the mind is an internal means. This distinction is the reason for the differentiation between sense and non-sense. Now let us discuss the types of cognitive knowledge:
There are four types of cognitive knowledge: avagraha (perception), iha (belief), avaya (non-conception), and dharana (concentration).
Each sense and the mind can be understood in terms of these four types of cognitive knowledge. Therefore, there are six avagraha (perceptions), counting five senses and one mind, leading to a total of twenty-four types of cognitive knowledge when considering the four types associated with each. The names are as follows:
Sparshan (touch), avagraha (perception), iha (belief), avaya (non-conception), dharana (concentration), and dasana (vision) are all included in cognitive knowledge.
1. The general knowledge free from specific conceptualization, such as name, class, etc., is also an important verse.| SR No. | 001074 |
| Book Title | Tattvartha sutra |
| Original Sutra Author | Umaswati, Umaswami |
| Author | Sukhlal Sanghavi |
| Publisher | Jain Sahitya Prakashan Mandir |
| Publication Year | 1977 |
| Total Pages | 667 |
| Language | Gujarati, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Gujarati, Tattvartha Sutra, Philosophy, J000, J001, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth |
| File Size | 23 MB |