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## Fifteenth Indriya Pada: Preya Uddeshak [153 Alpabahutva - Presentation]
These four sutras describe the perception, domain, and the relationship between perception and domain of the indriyas, as well as the alpabahutva (lesser-greater) of the indriyas in terms of their harsh-heavy and soft-light qualities.
**From the perspective of perception:**
* The chakshusindriya (eye) has the least number of domains of perception.
* The shrotrendriya (ear) has a number-fold greater perception than the chakshusindriya, as it perceives in a greater number of domains.
* The ghranendriya (nose) has a number-fold greater perception than the shrotrendriya, as it perceives in even more domains.
* The jihvendriya (tongue) has an innumerable-fold greater perception than the ghranendriya, as its extent is the width of an angula (finger), while the previous three indriyas (chakshu, shrotra, ghrana) each have an extent of an innumerable part of an angula.
* The sparshendriya (touch) has a number-fold greater perception than the jihvendriya, not an innumerable-fold greater, as the jihvendriya's extent is the width of two to nine angulas, while the sparshendriya is the size of the body. The body can be as large as a lakshya yojana (a unit of distance). How can it be innumerable-fold greater? Therefore, it is more logical to say that the sparshendriya has a number-fold greater perception than the jihvendriya.
**From the perspective of domains:**
* The alpabahutva should be understood in the same way as described above, in relation to the domains and the perception and domains.
**Alpabahutva of the harsh-heavy and soft-light qualities of the indriyas:**
* All five indriyas possess harshness, softness, heaviness, and lightness. Their alpabahutva is described here.
* The chakshu, shrotra, ghrana, jihva, and sparshendriya are infinitely-infinitely-fold greater in harsh-heavy qualities in that order.
* The same indriyas are described as infinitely-infinitely-fold greater in soft-light qualities in the reverse order.
**Simultaneous consideration of alpabahutva of harsh-heavy and soft-light qualities:**
* The soft-light qualities of the sparshendriya are described as infinitely-fold greater than its harsh-heavy qualities. This is because only a few upper domains of the body become harsh due to contact with cold, heat, etc., while many other domains remain soft. Therefore, the soft-light qualities of the sparshendriya are infinitely-fold greater than its harsh-heavy qualities.
**The description of the six doors (sthananādi) in the twenty-four dandakas:**
[983.1] "Geraiyanam bhanta! Kai indiya panatta? Goyama! Panchendriya panatta / Tan jaha - soindhie jav fasidie / [983-1 pra.] Bhagavan! How many indriyas have the nairathikas described? [983-1 u.] Gautama! They have described five indriyas / They are as follows - from the shrotrendriya to the sparshendriya / [2] Geraiyanam bhanta! Soindhie kisanthie panate? Goyama! Kalambhuyasansthanasanthie pagnate. Evam jaheb prohiyanam vattabaya bhania (Su. 974 tah 982) tahev raiyanam pi jav appabahuyani doni vi. Navaram raiyanam bhanta! Fasidie kisanthie panate? 1. Prajapanasutra. Malaya. Vritti, Patranka 296"