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NandiSootra
iha and then only he knows what dream it is. After this he enters avaya and understands the information. Now he enters dharana and absorbs the information into his memory for countable or uncountable period of time.
COMMENTARY -According to the above mentioned details vyanjanavagrah is a process involving all sense organs except eyes and mind. These two have arthavagrah. No-indriya means mind, and its activity is thinking or contemplating. To clarify avagrah in its context the example used is dream. While dreaming, the physical sense organs are generally inactive. All the experiences are done by mind which when awake takes the dream experiences to avagrah, iha, avaya and dharana. It is not necessary that it take all the things seen in a dream up to the level of dharana. Some things remain only up to avagrah, others up to iha and'still others upto avaya.
Acharya Malayagiri, the commentator (in vritti), while clarifying vyanjanavagrah with the help of the example of mallak, has also given detailed description of mati-jnana. There are 28 categories of mati-jnana (four vyanjanavagrah, six arthavagrah, six iha, six avaya, and six dharana). Of these, each has 12 subcategories with reference to capacity, taking the total to 336.
The mati-jnana acquired through, six means five sense organs and mind - has twenty four categories based, on avagrah, iha, avaya, and dharana. Each of these has 12 divisions in terms of capacity depending upon variations in subjects and levels of kshayopasham. These twelve divisions are as follows
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Bahugrahi - This is the capacity to absorb more in terms of numbers and volume. To know many modes and forms of a thing, to know about a thing or subject of larger volume, etc. is included in this.
Alpagrahi - This is the capacity to know only one mode of a thing or subject and that too to a minute degree.
Bahuvidhagrahi - This is the capacity to know a thing, substance, or subject in many ways. For example, to understand the type, form, shape, colour, length, breadth, etc. from varied perspectives.
Alpavidhagrahi - This is the capacity to know a thing, substance, or subject in fewer ways.
Kshipragrahi - This is the capacity to know the thoughts of a speaker or a writer through any sense organ or mind; also to recognize a thing or a person by a mere touch, in the dark.
Akshipragrahi - This is the capacity to know any subject of any sense organ or mind with slow speed in an unpracticed state caused by lower degree of kshayopasham or diverted attention.
Anishritgrahi - This is the capacity to know the properties and variations of a thing merely through focussed attention or inspiration even in absence of any cause or a medium.
Nishritgrahi - This is the capacity to know the properties and variations of a thing only with the help of some cause, medium, reason, etc.
Asandigdhagrahi - This is the capacity to know the properties and variations of a thing without any ambiguity.
Sandigdhagrahi - This is the capacity to know the properties and variations of a thing with ambiguity.
Dhruvagrahi - This is the capacity to know a thing or a subject on getting proper medium in a proper way with certainty and to retain the information always. Aagam- 44 -NandiSootra ~109~ Compiled by- Deepratnasagar
