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everything which is away from them. The mind also cannot know things coming in close contact with it, like the inner organs of the body, but can know things stationed away from it. That is why these two organs are called the non-receptive sense organs. The conveyance of information to these two by the thing or subject is not through mutual contact.
SIX CATEGORIES OF ARTHAVAGRAH [114] MEANING -Question - What are the types of this arthavagrah? Answer - Arthavagrah is said to be of six types - (1) Shrotrendriyaarthavagrah,
(2) Chakshurindriyaathavagrah, (3) Ghranendriya arthavagrah, (4) Jihvendriya arthavagrah, (5) Sparshanendriya arthavagrah and(6) No-indriya arthavagrah.
COMMENTARY -The superficial perception of form etc. is arthavagrah. As a tiny spark can be turned into a source of light with right effort, in the same way simple knowledge can be turned into voluminous knowledge with the help of curiosity, thinking, contemplation, meditation, examination etc. The fleeting glance of information one gets is arthavagrah. This is accomplished though five sense organs and mind.
Mind is called No-indriya. It has two divisions. One is dravya man or physical mind (brain) and the other is bhava man or the thinking-mind (mind). With the fruition of the manah-paryapti namakarma (the karma responsible for a fully developed mind) a being acquires the power to absorb the manovargana pudgals (particles of mental category or mentite particles) and create the physical organ that is called brain. As the body becomes healthy by nutrition so does the brain by absorbing fresh mentite particles, thereby it increases its capacity. As it is dependent on matter for its capacity it is called physical mind.
The mental activity produced by this physical activity of the brain is called the bhava man or the mind. Mind cannot exist without brain but brain can exist without mind. Generally mind works in association with the sense organs. When it works independently without any help from the sense organs then No-Indriya arthavagrah takes place.
FIVE NAMES OF ARTHAVAGRAH
[115] MEANING -That arthavagrah has five names having one meaning, many inflections and many consonants - (1) Avagrahanata, (2) Updharanata, (3) Shravanata, (4) Avalambanata, and (5) Medha.
This concludes the description of avagrah.
COMMENTARY -The receiving of the particles of sound, form etc. in the first samaya is avagrah. It is said to have -five names having one meaning, different pronunciations, and many consonants. These are also called paryayantar names (names of slight variations in attributes but still falling in the dame broad category).
(1) Avagrahanata - The vyanjanavagrah that receives the particles of sound etc. lasts for antarmuhurt (less than forty eight minutes). The inexpressible indications received during the first samaya of this period is called avagrahanata
(2) Updharanata - During the remaining period of vyanjanavagrah, every passing samaya new particles are received and the already received are contained. This process is called upadharan.ata. In other words during this process of acquisition of knowledge, the avagrah that joins different samayas into a continuity; and transforms the inexpressible into expressible is called upadharanata. Aagam-44 - Nandi Sootra
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