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**Tattvartha Sutra**
**Question - What is the meaning of Rjumati and Vipulamati?**
**Answer - The one who knows a subject in a general way is called Rjumati, which is the knowledge of the mind (man paryaya jnana), and the one who knows it in a specific way is called Vipulamati, which is the knowledge of the mind in a more nuanced way (manah paryaya jnana).**
**Question - When Rjumati knowledge is general, shouldn't it be called 'darshan' instead of knowledge?**
**Answer - Saying it is general means that while it knows particulars, it does not know as many particulars as Vipulamati does. In comparison to Rjumati, Vipulamati's knowledge of the mind is purer because it can grasp subtler and more specific aspects. Additionally, there is the difference that Rjumati may sometimes be lost after it arises, while Vipulamati remains until the attainment of knowledge.**
**Difference between Avadhi and Manah Paryaya**
**Avadhi and Manah paryaya differ by purity, field, master, and subject.**
**Although Avadhi and Manah paryaya are both empirically invalid (incomplete) and appear similar, there are many types of differences between them, such as in terms of purification, field, master, and subject.**
1. **Manah paryaya jnana knows its subject in a much clearer manner compared to Avadhi jnana; therefore, it is purer.**
2. **The field of Avadhi jnana ranges from innumerable parts of a finger to the entire universe, whereas the field of Manah paryaya jnana extends only to the Manushottar Mountain.**
3. **The masters of Avadhi can be those in all four states of existence (gati), but the master of Manah paryaya is only a controlled human being (samyat manushya).**
4. **The subject of Avadhi is a substance that is accompanied by certain paryayas, while the subject of Manah paryaya is merely its infinite part; it is purely the mental substance.**
**Question - How can one be considered purer even with fewer subjects?**
**Answer - The basis of the three purities is not the more or less of the subject but knowing the subtle differences of the subject. For example, among two individuals, if one knows many scriptures and the other knows only one, yet the one knowing the single scripture understands its subtleties better than the one knowing many scriptures, then that person's knowledge is deemed purer than the former.**
**Just like that, observe - Reference: A. 1, Sū. 26.**
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