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TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA : THE LIBERATING PATH : 7
The Right Know edge - • Matiśrutāvadhimanahparyāyakevalānijñānam || 9 || Primarily the Right-knowledge is classified as Mati-jñāna
(Sensory perception), Śruta-jñāna (Scriptural knowledge), Avadhi-jñāna (Clairvoyant perception), Manahparyāyajñāna (Telepathic perception) and Kevala-jñāna (Omniscience). (9)
• Tat pramānam || 10 ||| The abovementioned (five types of perceptions) are Pramāna that
is they are accepted as proofs. (10)
• Adye paroksam || 11 || (Of these) the first two (types of perceptions) are Paroksa or
indirect. (11) • Pratyaksamanyat || 12 || The remaining three (types of proofs or knowledge – Clairvoyant
knowledge, Telepathic knowledge and Omniscience) are Pratyaksa or direct. (12) Matih smrtih sarijñā-cintābhinibodhaityanarthā –
ntaram || 13 || Mati, Smrti, Sarijñā, Cintā and Abhinibodha are synonimous.
They all mean the samething – 'sensory perception' or coming to know through sense-organs. ( 13 )
• Tadindriyanindriyanimittam || 14 || That Mati-jñāna (Sensory perception) is gained through the
instrumentality of the indriyas (sense-organs) and anindriya (manas or the mind) which is considered as a half a sense
organ (ardhendriya). (14) Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only
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