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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Asandigdha-grasping" Sandigdha-grasping " Dhruva-grasping Adhruva-grasping
Here bahu means many, alpa means one. Thus the successively arising four forms of mati-jñāna-viz. avagraha, thā etc. that have two or more books for their object will be called bahu-grasping avagraha, bahu-grasping Thā, bahu-grasping avāya, bahu-grasping dhāranā. On the other hand, the same having one book for their object will be called alpa-grasping avagraha, alpagrasping Thā, alpa-grasping avāya, alpa-grasping dhāraṇā.
Bahuvidha means that possessed of many forms, ekavidha means that possessed of one form. Thus the successively arising four forms of mati-jñāna in question having for their object books differing in size, colour, thickness etc. will be called bahuvidhagrasping avagraha, bahuvidha-grasping Thā, bahuvidha-grasping avāya, bahuvidha-grasping dhāraṇā. On the other hand, the same having for their object books agreeing in colour, size, thickness etc. will be called ekavidha-grasping avagraha, ekavidha-grasping Thā, etc. That is to say, bahu and alpa have to do with the number of units, bahuvidha and ekavidha with that of forms or types. That is how the two pairs differ among themselves.
The four forms of mati-jñāna in question that cognize their object fast will be called ksipra-grasping avagraha etc., those that cognize it slowly will be called aksipra-grasping avagraha etc. It is often found that even when the external means like the senseorgan, object etc. are equally available to two persons, one of them, on account of the intensity of the subsidence-cumdestruction of the Karma concerned, cognizes the object concerned fast, while the other, on account of the mildness of this subsidence-cum-destruction, cognizes the object slowly.
Aniśrita? means that grasped not on the basis of a ground
1. The above given meaning of the terms aniśrita and niśrita is to be found also in the commentary to the Nandi-sūtra; but there the