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Bhagavai 7:8:161
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Dasavihasaņņā-padam 7.161 kati ņam bhamte! sannāo pannattāo?
goyamā! dasa sannao pannattāo, tam jahā āhārasannā, bhayasannā, mehunasannā, pariggahasannā, kohasannā, mānasannā, māyāsannā, lobhasannā,
logasannā, ohasannā. evam jāva vemāniyānam. The Topic of the Tenfold Instinct
How many instincts have been propounded, O Lord? Gautama! ten instincts have been propounded, viz., the instinct of hunger, fear, carnality, possession, anger, pride, deceit, and greed; instinct as discursive cognitional activity and instinct as intuitive activity. The same holds good for all the soul-groups ..... up to the Empyrean gods.
Bhāsya 1. Sutra 161
Instinct (samjñā) is a widely discussed topic of Jain psychology. The Nandi Sūtra' gives three kinds of samjñī, viz., I. kālikopadeśa (dirghakāliki), 2. hetūpadeśa, 3. drstivādopadeśa, which gives rise to three samjñās, viz., 1. kālikopadesikī, 2. hetüpadeśikī, 3. drstīvādopadeśiki.?
In the present Sūtra, ten instincts have been enumerated, which according to the Vrtti are not only cognitive in nature but are also emotive. The Vrtti defines samjñā as consciousness (both emotive and cognitive) due to the rise of the feelingproducing karma and deluding karma, and the suppression-cum-annihilation of the knowledge-covering and intuition-covering karmas.? Of the ten instincts, the first eight are emotive, and the remaining two cognitive. The Vrtti has explained the practical aspects of instincts, which can be compared with the behavioural psychology.
See the following table for information about the physical and mental behavioural changes:
Instinct
01. Hunger
Karma
Physical-mental
behaviour and changes Rising of hunger--feeling-producing Picking up the morsel of food by hand, karma
mouth, etc., movement of the mouth, search for the food.
02. Fear
Rising of fear-deluding karma
Emotion of fear creating timid outlook, change in voice, horripilation, etc. Amorous glances, touch, shivering, etc.
03. Carnality
Rising of sex-deluding karma
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