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Types and means of acquiring knowledge
Indirect
Mind Based
truth, while naya cognizes only partial truth. The chart below explains naya and pramāņa classification easily:
Avagraha
Tha
Avaya
Dharana
2nd Adhyāya:
Pramana
Verbal Testimony
Angapravista
Arigabahya
Direct
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Farenga
Clairvoyance
Telepathy
Omniscience Rjusūtra Straight thread. Sabda-Literal
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Naya
Naigama-figurative / Non-literal
Sangraha-Class view:
Vyavahara-Distributive view
Evambhūta-Determinant
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Jiva has following five kinds of psychic states / bhāvas (thought activities)
1. Aupaśamika - that which results from the subsidence of the karma concerned
2. Kṣāyika - that which results from destruction/annihilation of the karma concerned
3. Kṣayopaśamika- that which results from subsidence-cum-destruction of the karma concerned.
4. Audayika- that which results from activation of the karma concerned
5. Pāriņāmika-that which having nothing to do with karma appears naturally.
These five have got 2, 9, 18, 21 and 3 sub-types respectively.
Upayoga or manifestation of consciousness is the defining characteristics of a soul. It is of two types:
1. Darśanopayaga- indeterminate cognitive operation, which is of four types.
a. Cakşu- indeterminate cognition had through the visual sense-organ
b. Acakşu-indeterminate cognition had through the non- visual sense-organ
c. Avadhi- indeterminate cognition of the nature of avadhi
d. Kevala- indeterminate cognition that is all-comprehensive.
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