Dravyasamgraha

Author(s): Nemichandra Acharya, Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp

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Dravyasamgraha
णाणं अट्टवियप्पं मदिसुदिओही अणाणणाणाणि । मणपज्जवकेवलमवि पच्चक्खपरोक्खभेयं च ॥
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गाथा भावार्थ - कुमतिज्ञान, कुश्रुतज्ञान, कुअवधिज्ञान, मतिज्ञान, श्रुतज्ञान, अवधिज्ञान, मनःपर्ययज्ञान और केवलज्ञान, ऐसे आठ प्रकार का ज्ञानोपयोग है। इनमें कुअवधि, अवधि, मन:पर्यय तथा केवल ये चार प्रत्यक्ष हैं, और शेष चार परोक्ष हैं।
5. Knowledge (jñāna) is of eight kinds (1) sensory knowledge (matijñāna), (2) scriptural knowledge (śrutajñāna), (3) clairvoyance (avadhijñāna), (4 - 6) these three, sensory knowledge, scriptural knowledge, and clairvoyance, may also be erroneous knowledge (kumati, kuśruti, and vibhanga avadhi) when these coexist in the soul with wrong belief, (7) telepathy (manahparyaya jñāna), and (8) omniscience (kevalajñāna). Knowledge consciousness can also be divided into direct (pratyaksa) and indirect (paroksa) knowledge.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Ācārya Umasvami’s Tattvārthasūtra
मतिश्रुतावधिमनःपर्ययकेवलानि ज्ञानम् ॥
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Knowledge is of five kinds - sensory knowledge, scriptural knowledge, clairvoyance, telepathy, and omniscience.
Ācārya Pujyapada's Sarvārthasiddhi ... That which knows its objects1 through the senses and the
1i.e., objects fit to be known or cognized.
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