Parikshamukham

SR No.: 004085
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Saratchandra Ghoshal
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1940
Total Pages: 362
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 7 MB

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The Sacred Books of the Jainas of knowledge viz. Mati and Śruta ) are Paroksa ( Pramanas )”1 and “the remaining ( three ) are Pratyakşa ( Pramīņas )2 .
With these five kinds of knowledge, Kumati, Ku-śruta and Vibhangāvadhi are added to make up eight kinds of knowledge. These three are nothing but false knowledges of Mati, Sruta and Avadhi, that is to say, Kumati is Ajñāna ( false knowledge ) of Mati ; Kuśruta is Ajñāna of Sruta and Vibhangābadhi is Ajñāna of Avadhi. Kundakundāchārya has mentioned all these eight varieties of Jūāna in Panchāstikāyasamayasāra : "Abhinibodhika or Mati, Sruta, Avadhi, Manaḥ-paryaya and Kevala-these are the five varieties of Jiāna. Kumati, Ku-śruta and Vibhangathese three also are connected with Jñāna."3 .
Mati Jñāna is knowledge derived through the senses including the knowledge which arises from the activity of the mind. In Jain psychology, four stages of Mati Jñāna which follow Darsana ( inexpressible contact of an object with sense consiousness ) have been mentioned. These are (i) Avagraha (ii) Ihā (iii) Avāya and (iv) Dhāranā. When an object is brought in contact with a sense-organ, we have a' general knowledge of an object. There is an excitation in the sense-organ by the stimulus i.e. the object present in the outside world. Then there is an excitation in the consciousness. Thus, in the first stage, a person is barely conscious of the existence of an object. This is Avagraha. The second stage Ihā consists in the desire to know
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Pramāna-mimāmsā I. 1. 27.