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Probability,
r- The Jain
View of the
Knowledge -Sense-per. ception in the Mediate or Indirect means.
(8) Probability ( 919 )--Knowledge accruing from the perception of equivalence as in the instance of twelve pences making up a shilling
The above are the eight classified sources of information by means of which they generally determine the accuracy of knowledge. means of And it is interesting to note that Jain teachers do neither admit them all, nor do they agree to these definitions. They admit of only two pramånas : one is Direct or Immediate Perception ( 447 719 ) which has been discussed at length under Keval (ata Jia) as a form of knowledge; and the other is Indirect or Mediate Perception (917 yia) which is generally explained by the peripheral contact of the senses with their respective objects (oafedref afans).
The reason why knowledge born of the contact of ghe senses with their respective The reason objects (forfafaka gla) which is ad- sense-per: mitted on all hands to be derived through Mediate or the Direct means ( JAU) has been considered by the Jain Sages to be Indirect or Mediate (una) is best explained when we take into our analytic consideration of the
why the
ceptionis
Indirect.
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