Tattvartha Sutra

SR No.: 006796
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sukhlal Sanghavi, K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 596
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth
File Size: 10 MB

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CHAPTER ONE
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Tactile
Thá
ανάγα ανάγα
Gustatory
Thā
Olfactory
thā
avagraha avagraha avagraha avagraha avagraha avagraha
ανάγα ανάγα
dhāraņā dhāraņā dhāraņā dhāraņā dhāranā dhāraņā
Visual
Thā
Thā
Auditory Manas-born
avāya ανάγα
thā
The above Four Sub-types Avagraha etc. Defined
(1) The cognition of a thing as such without a further positing of the appropriate name, class, etc. is avagraha. For example, when in deep dark one suddenly strikes against something one has cognition to the effect that something ought to be here. In this cognition one does not realize as to what particular thing it is that has been touched; so this unspecified cognition is called avagraha.
(2) The thought-process that is indertaken with a view to specifically ascertaining the general object that has been grasped by avagraha is called thā. For example, as soon as a doubt arises as to whether the touch in question belongs to a snake or to a rope the thought intervenes that it ought to belong to a rope; for-so one cognitates—had it belonged to a snake the reptile could not help hissing when struck so hard. It is this thoughtprocess that is called sambhāvanā i. e. entertaining a possibility, or thā.
(3) When through further attentiveness or concentration final ascertainment takes place as to the particular feature grasped at the stage thā that is avāya. For example, when after thinking over the matter for a while and examining it one finally ascertains that the touch in question must belong to a rope not to a snakethat is avāya.
(4) The final ascertainment of the form of avāya stays there for a while and then disappears because the mind then switches over to some other object; however, while thus disappearing it leaves behind such an impression as makes