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dhäraṇā-dharaṇa, dhāraṇa, sthāpaṇā, pratisthā, koṣṭha. Their duration has been indicated in the following couplet :
उग्गहे इक्कसमइए अंतोमुहुत्तिया ईहा ।
अंत्तोमुहुत्तिए अवाए धारणा संखेज्जं वा कालं असंखेज्जं वा कालं ।
Avagraha or abhasa lasts for a unit of time called samaya. Iha lasts for less than a muhurta. (48 minutes). So also araya, less than a muhurta. Dharana lasts for a limited or unlimited time depending on the life-span of the person concerned. Sruta knowledge has fourteen types, viz., akşara śruta, anakşara śruta, etc.
Avadhi or extra-sensory knowledge has two types, viz., bhāvapratyaya and guṇapratyaya.
Manahparyaya has two types, viz., rjumati and vipulamari. Kevala is a single type.
Vibhanga knowledge which is virtually a non-knowledge is the reverse of extra-sensory knowledge.
Q. 99-125. The twenty gate-ways of knowledge considered here are indicated in the following couplets:
गइदिए य काए हुमे पज्जत्तए भवत्थे य । wafufzy a gout mafa cauìu gìà 4 11? लेस्सा कसाय वेए आहारे णाणगोयरे काले । अंतर अप्पाबहुयं च पज्जवा चेह दाराई ॥२
Q. 126. Labdhi is a special power or capacity derived through the spiritual process when karma of sundry types is either exhausted or tranquilised. Noticed in the discussion are ten types of labdhi which are knowledge, faith, conduct, part-conduct, gift, gain, enjoyment, continuous enjoyment, energy and sense organs. Knowledge as labdhi has its coun
