Gommatasara Jiva Kanda

SR No.: 001612
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nemichandra Siddhant Chakravarti, J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1927
Total Pages: 438
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Principle, & Canon
File Size: 9 MB

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GOMMATASARA.
पुक्खरगहणे काले हत्थिस्स य वदणगवयगहणे वा । वत्थंतरचंदस् य धेगुस्स य बोहणं च हवे ॥ ३१३ ॥ पुष्करग्रहणे काले हस्तिनश्च वदनगवयग्रहणे वा । वस्त्वन्तरचन्द्रस्य च धेनोश्च बोधनं च भवेत् ॥ ३१३ ॥
313. Knowledge of the (whole submerged body of the) elephant at the time of perceiving (only), the tip of his trunk, or (the knowledge) of the other thing moon, and of the cow, on apprehension of the face (of a woman ), or an ox (Gavaya, a species of ox) is (illustrative of perception etc., of the hidden objects.)
Commentary.
Hidden or (anihsrita), as the name implies, is the hidden subject matter of sensitive knowledge. It is the perception etc., of the whole from a part, or of one thing from a part or whole of another. It should be noted that the subject matter here is always hidden. It is a kind of inference. It is not the knowledge of the thing known. It is rather a knowledge of something else from this knowledge. For example, when an elephant is standing submerged in water, when I look at it and I have direct knowledge only of the tip of its living trunk, I have an inferential perception of the whole body of the elephant, although I do not see it. Or when I see a beautiful face or an ox, I think of the lovely moon or the anímal cow. This reminiscence of similar qualities of beauty and cow, is knowledge of something hidden (anihsrita. )
एक्कचउक्कं चउवीसट्टावीसं च तिप्पडिं किच्चा ।
इगिछब्बा रसगुणिदे मदिणाणे होंति ठाणाणि ॥ ३१४॥ एक चतुष्कं चतुर्विंशत्यष्टाविंशतिश्च त्रिःप्रतिं कृत्वा । एकषद्वादशगुणिते मतिज्ञाने भवन्ति स्थानानि ॥ ३१४ ॥
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814.1, 4, 24 and 28 being placed in three lines, each multiplied by one, six and twelve, are the kinds of sensitive knowledge.