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१०८ श्रमण/जनवरी-मार्च/१९९८ the senses and mind provided it involves verbal assertion. When we hear a sound or see a coloured shape, there arises in the wake of sensory perception, i.e., non-verbal comprehension, a cognition having appropriate words composed of various letters following the conventional vocabulary. This type of cognition is called verbal comprehension.
Reference: 1. Pramāņa-naya-tatt väloka, Vādidevasūri, trans. Hindi, Pt.
Sobhacandra Bharilla, Jaina Gurukula-Sikshana-Sangha, Byavara, 1942, 11,7. Tattvārtha-bhāsya, Umāsvāti, Śrīmad Rājacandra Jaina Šāstramālā
Śrīmad Rājacandra Aśrama, Agasa, 1932, 1-15. 3. Ibid 1-15. 4. Višeşāvaśyaka-bhāșya, Jinabhadragani, ed. Nathmal Tatia,
Research Institute of Prākst, Jainology and Ahiṁsā, Vaishali, 1972, 290. Nandi-sūtra, ed. Madhukara Muni., Jināgama text S.No. 12, Āgama
Publication Committee, Byavara 1982, 35. 6. Ibid I, 15. 7. Višeșāvasyaka-bhāşya Vaishali 80. 8. Ibid, 1, 20. 9. Avasyakaniryukti, 17. Part One, Bherulal Kanhaiyalal Kothari,
Dharmika Trust, Bombay 1981. 10. Ibid., 19. 11. Ibid., 22. 12. Nandi-sūtra, Byavara, 38.
