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## Gatha 372
## Jnanamargana/471
**Characteristics are found.**
**57.** Compared to the one-field Avadhijnana, the body-regions are constituted by many institutions. Just as the bodies and the senses have a definite form, so also the body-regions, which are the causes of Avadhijnana, i.e., the signs of origin, do not have a definite form, but are constituted by many institutions of the body-regions of the living beings who have attained the destruction and cessation of the Avadhijnana-avarana karma. That is, they are of many forms. In Gatha 201, the forms of the bodies of the earth-bodied etc. have been mentioned, and in Gatha 171, the definite forms of the senses have been mentioned. The forms of the body-regions, which are the causes of Avadhijnana, i.e., the place of origin, are Srivatsa, Kalasa, Shekha, Sathiya, and Nandavarta etc.
**58.** Here, the word "etc." should be understood to include other auspicious institutions. There is no rule that a living being has the cause of Avadhijnana in only one place, because it is possible for any living being to have one, two, three, four, five, and six etc. fields, such as conch etc. auspicious institutions. These institutions are located in the upper part of the navel of the animals and humans, not in the lower part, because the auspicious institutions are opposed to the lower part. And in the case of the animals and humans, there are inauspicious institutions like chameleon etc. below the navel, as per the Guru's teachings. There is no sutra-vacana on this subject. In the case of the Vibhangajnanis, when they attain Samyaktva etc. in due course of time, as a result of their birth, the inauspicious forms like chameleon etc. disappear and auspicious forms like weapons etc. appear above the navel. This should be understood here.
**Many Acharyas say that there is no distinction between the field institutions of Avadhijnana and Vibhangajnan, and no rule about the lower and upper parts of the navel, because there is no difference between the two in comparison to Avadhijnana in general. Even though there is a difference in name due to the association of Samyaktva and Mithyatva, there cannot be any difference between them in comparison to Avadhijnana, because if we assume so, it will lead to the fault of Atiprasanga. This meaning should be emphasized here.**
**Avadhijnana is of six types according to the qualities and perceptions, and three according to the followers, the established, and the growing, and three according to the other, i.e., the opposite, Desavadhi, Paravadhi, and Sarvavadhi.**
**Special Meaning:**
**1.** In the present context, the Rajavatikara has said that even though Avadhijnana is used under the control of the causes, it cannot be called Parashrin or Paroksha. Because the word "Par" is seen only in the senses. That is, only the senses are called Par. Not the causes (signs). Ra.Va. 1/22/4/3.
**2.** "Khesado tav pravebasandaran sauvida." [D.Pu. 13 p. 266]
**3.** "Siribanch-kalap-sanj-sosthiya-gandavatadirin santhagani ranadambarin bhavati." [D.Pu. 13 p. 265]
**4.** D.Pu. 13 p. 267-68.