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466/Go. Sa. Jivakanda
Verse 370
**Question:** Why is the word "avadhi" used in avadhijnana?
**Answer:** All the knowledge below it is "savadhi" (limited) and the knowledge above it is "niravadhi" (unlimited). The word "avadhi" is used in avadhijnana to indicate this.
**Question:** Does this statement contradict manahparyayajnana?
**Answer:** No, because manahparyayajnana is also limited in scope compared to avadhijnana. Therefore, in terms of scope, it is considered below avadhijnana. However, due to the special qualities that arise in manahparyayajnana due to restraint, it is placed above avadhijnana to highlight these qualities. Therefore, there is no contradiction.
**Question:** How can the word "avadhi," which is used in the sense of limitation, be used in the sense of knowledge?
**Answer:** Just as there is no contradiction in calling a man who is armed with a sword "asi" (sword) for the purpose of treatment, similarly, there is no contradiction in calling knowledge that is associated with "avadhi" as "avadhi." Mati and shruti jnana are indirect, therefore, they cannot be included in the term "avadhi" because avadhijnana is direct.
**Question:** Doesn't matijnana also see directly?
**Answer:** No, because matijnana does not directly perceive the object. Matijnana only knows a part of the object directly. A part cannot be the whole object. Even the object itself is not known directly through matijnana, because it is the subject of both direct and indirect matijnana. Therefore, it is proven that matijnana is not direct.
**Question:** If this is the case, then avadhijnana also becomes direct-indirect, because the object is composed of countless periods that are present in all three times. However, avadhijnana lacks the ability to know such an object through direct perception?
**Answer:** No, because in avadhijnana, the knowledge of the specific object is obtained directly from all the present periods, and the knowledge of the specific object from countless past and future periods is seen.
**Question:** Even if we accept this, avadhijnana does not know the complete object, therefore, avadhijnana becomes direct-indirect.
**Answer:** No, because in every object, the directness of avadhijnana is found in both the "vyavahar" (practical) and "dravyaathmik" (substance-based) and "paryayaathmik" (period-based) naya (perspectives).
1. Jayadhaval Pu. 1 p. 17 and Pa. 6 p. 13. 2. Dhaval Pu. p. 12-13. 3. Gh. Pu. 6 p. 26.