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 TWO
physical particles is the dravyendriya type, the indriya of the form of a transitory spiritual state is the bhāvendriya type. 16.
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The dravyendriya is again of two sub-types-viz. that of the form of nirvṛtti and of the form of upakarana. Those shapes of the cognitive organs which are outwardly visible in a body and which are of the form of a specific construct made out of physical aggregates are called nirvṛttīndriya, that external and internal capacity of a nirvṛttīndriya without which it is not in a position to produce cognition is upakaranendriya. 17.
The bhāvendriya too is of two sub-types-viz. labdhi and upayoga. That kṣayopaśama of the karmas like mati-jñānāvaraṇīya etc. which is a sort of transitory spiritual state is labdhīndriya, that indeterminate and determinate cognition which takes place in relation to objects like visible etc. at a time when labdhi, nirvṛtti, and upakaraṇa-these three combine together is upayogendriya. The upayogendriya is of the form of the jñāna-type mati and the darśana-types cakṣu and acakṣu. 18.
The upayoga of the form of the mati-jñāna which has been called bhāvendriya cannot cognize objects devoid of colour (i.e. intangible objects). It can certainly cognize objects possessed of colour (i.e. tangible objects) but it cannot cognize all their qualities and modes; for what it is in a position to cognize are only the modes of touch, taste, smell, colour and sound.
Question Each of the cognitive organs has been said to be of two types-viz. the dravya-type and the bhava-type; again, the dravya-type has been said to be of two sub-types-viz. [nirvṛtti and upakarana-while the bhava-type has been said to be of two sub-types-viz.] labdhi and upayoga. Now please tell what successive order is followed in the acquisition of these types and sub-types.
Answer: Only when the labdhīndriya has been acquired is the acquisition of the nirvṛtti possible. Similarly when the nirvṛtti has been acquired is the acquisition of the upakaraṇa and upayoga possible while when the upakarana has been acquired is the acquisition of upayoga possible. The idea is that a later type can