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## 360/Go. Sa. Jivakanda
**Gatha 310.311 Gatha-artha** - One, four, twenty-four, and twenty-eight, each of these should be multiplied by three. By multiplying these three rows of numbers by one, six, and twelve, the number of distinctions of Matijnana is obtained. Bahu, Bahuvidha, Kshiti, Animrit, Anukta, and Dhruva, and their opposites, each of these is the subject of Matijnana, thus there are three hundred and thirty-six distinctions of Matijnana. ||310|| 311|| (314, 310)
**Special Meaning** - Matijnana is of one type compared to the general. It is of four types compared to Vyajanavagraha - 1. Shrotrendriya Vyajanavagraha, 2. Ghrānendriya Vyajanavagraha, 3. Jihvendriya Vyajanavagraha, 4. Sparshanendriya Vyajanavagraha. Vyajanavagraha does not occur through the eye or mind. Four distinctions are mentioned in relation to the four senses. After Vyajanavagraha, there is no Iha-Abaya-Dharana-jnana, only Vyajanavagraha occurs, therefore, Vyajan-Iha etc. are not mentioned. Artha, meaning the object, is grasped through the five senses and mind, these six, therefore, there are six Avagraha, six Iha, six Abaya, and six Dharana, making twenty-four distinctions in relation to Artha. Adding the four Vyajanavagraha to these twenty-four (24+4) makes twenty-eight distinctions.
Bahu, Bahuvidha, Kshipra, Anissrita, Anukta, and Dhruva, and their opposite objects, are known through Abhinibodhik Jnana. Meaning, Matijnana occurs through the support of these twelve types of objects - Alp, Bahuvidha, Ekavidha, Kshipra, Akshipra, Nissata, Anissrita, Ukta, Anukta, Dhruva, Adhruva. Multiplying these twelve by twenty-eight (28 x 12) results in three hundred and thirty-six distinctions of Matijnana.
**Specific Explanation** - Matijnana is of twenty-four types. Its explanation is as follows, Matijnana arising from the eye sense is of four types - Avagraha, Iha, Prabaya, and Dharana. Similarly, knowledge arising from the remaining senses and mind is of four types each, distinguished by Avagraha, Iha, Abaya, and Dharana. All these together make twenty-four distinctions. Alternatively, Matijnana is of twenty-eight types. Its explanation is as follows, Avagraha is of two types - Arthaavagraha and Vyajanavagraha. Only Arthaavagraha occurs through the eye and mind, because the meaning obtained through these two is not grasped. Both Arthaavagraha and Vyajanavagraha are found in the remaining four senses. Adding the four types of Vyajanavagraha to the twenty-four types of Artha Matijnana (24 + 4) makes it twenty-eight types. Bahu, Bahuvidha, Kshipra, Anissrita, Anukta, and Dhruva, and their opposites - Alp, Ekavidha, Akshipra, Nissata, Ukta, and Adhruva; these twelve types of objects are the subject of Matijnana. Therefore, adding these to the previously mentioned twenty-eight types of Matijnana separately, each [meaning multiplying], Matijnana becomes (28 x 12) three hundred and thirty-six types.
1. In the Mudit books, the number of Gatha 310 is 314, and in Madha, the number of Gatha 312 is 310, but without Gatha 314, the meaning of Gatha 311 is not clear, therefore, the number of the Gatha has been changed. 2. Shra. Pu. 13 p. 221 Sutra 266 3. "Vyajanasyavagraha ||18|| Na Chakshurani Dibhyam ||16|| Tattvartha Sutra Pra. 1] 4. Gh. Pu. 13 Sutra 28, 30, 32, 34 p. 227, 230-31, 232, 233. 5. "Bahu-Bahuvidha-Kshipraanissritanuktadhruvaagaam Metaraanam. 16. [Tattvartha Sutra A. 1]. 6. Gh. Pu. 1 p. 354. 7. J. Dh. Pu. 1 p. 14.