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**Tattvarthasutra**
[1. 6-8 Means of Knowing the Tattvas
Knowledge is obtained through proofs and modes.
6. Knowledge of substances occurs through proofs and modes.
Difference between mode and proof - Both mode and proof are knowledge, but the difference is that mode indicates a part of the object, while proof indicates many parts. Objects have many qualities. To determine the object through a single quality, such as determining "the soul or lamp is eternal" through the quality of eternality, is mode. To determine the object in many ways through many qualities, such as determining "the soul or lamp is eternal, non-eternal, etc." through the qualities of eternality and non-eternality, is proof. In other words, mode is a mere part of proof, and proof is a collection of many modes; mode perceives the object from a single perspective and proof from many perspectives.
7. For a detailed understanding of the tattvas, there are indications through inquiries regarding directives, proprietorship, means, application, state, and constitution.
8. Knowledge of subjects like Right Knowledge, number, domain, touch, time, difference, essence, and the quality of being few or many occurs through directives, proprietorship, means, application, state, constitution, and through Right Knowledge, number, domain, touch, time, difference, essence, and the quality of being few or many.
Whenever any curious person first sees or hears about a new object like an airplane, their curiosity emerges, leading them to ask many questions about that unseen or unheard object. They inquire about the nature, form, color, owner, means of creation, storage place, durability, types, and other aspects of that object, and by obtaining answers to those questions, they enhance their knowledge. Similarly, an introspective person, upon hearing about the path to liberation, or the undesirable and the acceptable,
1. Entering any object means obtaining knowledge about it and contemplating it. The primary means of doing so is by asking various questions about it. The clearer the explanations to the questions, the more one should understand entering into that object. Therefore, questions alone are the doors to entering the object, that is, reaching its essence through contemplation. Hence, the door of contemplation (Mīmāṃsā) refers to questions. In scriptures, they are referred to as Anuyog Dvara. Anuyog means explanation or description, and its door refers to questions.**