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Table 5 Five Stages of Sensory Knowledge.
No. Stage
Definition
1. Perception/Conation First sense-object
( Darśana)
contact
2. Apprehension
(Avagraha)
3. Speculation ( Ihā)
4. Perceptual Judge
Repeated sense-object
contact
Identification process
about object
Intellectual Identifi
ment (Avaya, Apāya) cation of Object
5. Retention/Recording Memorising/recording
( Dhāraṇā)
the inferences
Nature
Physical
Physical
cognitive
Mental
Mental
Cognitive
Function
Indistinctness
Perception/
cognition
Analysis
Judgement
Retention/
recording
Scientific Equivalent
Experiment
Observation
Classification
Inference
Communication,
hypothesis.
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