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368/Go. Sa. Jivakanda
Verse 315
That intellect is called 'kostha' (receptacle). The intellect in which substances remain without destruction is called 'pratiṣṭhā' (establishment).
Saṁjñā, smṛti, mati and cintā are synonymous terms. ||41||
That by which one knows appropriately is 'saṁjñā' (cognition). To remember is smṛti (memory). To contemplate is mati (intellect). To think is cintā (thought). Although these words are derived from different roots, they are synonymous by convention.
From the knowledge of letters obtained by a one-sensed being to the countless lokapramāṇa mati-jñāna (knowledge of the universe) situated with six increases, all those knowledges are included in these categories.
|| Thus ends Mati-jñāna ||
The general characteristic of śruta-jñāna (scriptural knowledge) is that it is based on the object known by mati-jñāna (intellectual knowledge) and leads to the knowledge of other related objects. This knowledge is always preceded by mati-jñāna. Here, śruta-jñāna arising from words is the main one. ||315||
Śruta-jñāna is the knowledge of a related object from another object through words and signs like smoke, etc. Among them, śruta-jñāna arising from words is the main one. It is of two types: anga (limb) and angabāhya (external to the limb). Anga-śruta is of twelve types and angabāhya is of fourteen types. Śruta-jñāna is preceded by mati-jñāna, because śruta-jñāna cannot arise without mati-jñāna.
The word 'śruta' (heard) is like the word 'kuśala' (skillful), which has a secondary meaning. Just as the word 'kuśala' is established by the action of cutting with a sharp blade and is used everywhere in the sense of 'paryavādāt' (pure or pleasing), similarly, the word 'śruta' is also established by the action of washing and is used in a particular sense by convention, not just in the sense of knowledge arising from hearing! It is also śruta-jñāna preceded by mati, i.e., arising from mati-jñāna, because the word 'pūrva' (previous) is established as 'that which sustains or completes the action'.
Doubt: Is there no difference in śruta-jñāna because of the similarity in being preceded by mati?
Solution: No, because even though they are similar in being preceded by mati, śruta-jñāna in each person is different. 1. Dhavala Pu. 13 p. 243. 2. Ghayala Pu. 13 p. 244. 3. Sarvārthasiddhi. ||13|| 4. Dhavala Pu. 13 p. 244. 5. This verse is verse 153 on page 356 in Dhanala Pu. 1, and also verse 122 on page 26 in Prā. Pa. Sa. Ya. 1. 6. Dhavala Pu. 1 Sutra 115 commentary p. 357. "Śrutaṁ matipūrva dvaynek-dvādaśabhedam ||1520:||" [T. M.]. 7. Jaya Dhavala Pu. 1 p. 24.