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Q.II.20.33 A.II.20.33
Q.II.20.34
A.II.20.34
VFK% Meaning:
Q.II.21.1
A.II.21.1
Q.II.21.2
A.II.21.2
Q.II.21.3 A.II.21.3
Q.II.21.4
A.II.21.4
Q.II.21.5
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Q.II.21.6
A.II.21.6
Q.II.21.7 A.II.21.7
What is form of eye sense organ?
It is of the form of lentil (mas rad la)
What is form of ear sense organ? It is of the form of barley tube (jau nal).
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Jrefufunz L; II.21 rutamanindriyasya
'JrKku' eu dk fo"k; gå
Scriptural knowledge is the province of the mind.
What is object of scriptural knowledge?
It is the object of mind.
Why is mind object of scriptural knowledge?
Since scriptural knowledge is acquired by the mind, so it is the object of mind.
Is mind the only the cause of scriptural knowledge?
Yes, like mind based knowledge is acquired through the use of all sense organs, scriptural knowledge is acquired only through mind but not due to both the sense organs and mind.
Is it possible for living beings without mind also to acquire scriptural knowledge?
Yes, they can acquire it due to subsidence-cum-destruction of scriptural knowledge -obscuring karmas.
The acarya has mentioned mind as the source o scriptural knowledge in the aphorism. Why is it so?
Scriptural knowledge is accrued due to the subsidence-cum-destruction of scriptural knowledge-obscuring karmas only and mind is just an instrument to its accrual.
Why is scriptural knowledge indicated as the object of mind in the aphorism?
The mind, with the assistance of mind based knowledge, knows an object with more specific details. Therefore scriptural knowledge is indicated as the object of mind.
Is the meaning of ruta hearing?
Yes this is the traditional meaning of ruta but here in the context of knowledge, it relates to specific and detailed knowledge acquired based on mind based knowledge.
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