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What is the meaning of psychic sense organ?
It means subsidence-cum-destruction of knowledge -obscuring karmas which enable a sense organ to cognize according to its peculiar capability.
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fuot; i dj.ks no; sunt e- II.17 Nirvrittyupakarane dravyendriyam
'fuofuk vk midj.k' Ik 'no; funz
The physical sense consists of accomplishment (of the organ itself) and means or instruments (its protecting environment).
How many types of physical sense organ are there and which are they? There are two types of physical sense organs namely formation (nivrtti) and means or instruments (upakarana).
What is the meaning of formation (nivrtti)?
Formation of a specific shape and at a specific place of a matter entity due to the rise of name karma is called formation.
How many types of formation are there?
It is of two kinds namely external and internal.
What is the meaning of internal formation?
The spreading of a small part of the soul's space points in the shape of a sense organ is called internal formation.
What is the meaning of external formation?
The formation of matter particles in the shape of a specific sense organ at a specific place is called external formation.
What is the meaning of instrument / means?
It means an entity which assists in the completion or protection of the formation.
How many types of instruments are there and which are those? These are two namely external and internal.
What are the external instruments?
For example the eye lids and the eye lashes are the instruments of the eye sense.
What is the meaning of internal formations?
Formations inside the external physical sense organ etc. for example retina, white and black balls inside the eye.
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