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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
24.
Sensitive
knowledge.
28. Percetion 4 perception These 24 plus Conception, etc., each indeterminate Judgment thought | perception by
and by 5 senses means of touch, Retention. and mind. I taste, smell and
hearing. 1x1- 1 1x4 = 4. 1 x 24 - 24 1 x 28 28
As sensitive knowledge. According to
the 6 kinds of 6x1-6 | 6x4 - 24 6*24 – 144 6x28 - 168 subject matter
of sensitive knowledge. According to
the 12 kinds of 12x 1 - 12 | 12*4- 48 | 12* 24 - 288 12 x 28 336 subject matter
of sensitive
knowledge. अत्थादो अत्थंतरमुवलंभं तं भणंति सुदणाणं ।
आभिणिबोहियपुव्वं णियमेणिह सहज पमुहं ॥ ३१५ ॥ quiquiratETTHARI AT HT WAJAH अाभिनिबोधिकपूर्व नियमेन इह शब्दजं प्रमुखम् ॥ ३५५ ॥
315. They call scriptural knowledge Shruta Jnána the knowledge of another object, through an object (known by the sensitive knowledge). Of necessity (it is) preceded by sensitive knowledge. Here (knowledge) produced from words (is) primarily meant.
. Commentary, Shruta, literally means that which is heard (shru, to hear). Scriptural knowledge is of two kinds: -
1. Lettered or verbal (Aksharátmaka), 2. Letterless or nonverbal (Anakshrátmaka).
Verbal scriptural knowledge is derived from words which are composed of letters (Akshara) spoken or written; as when the eye sees the written word or the ear hears the spoken word 'SOUL,' the seeing and hearing gives us merely sensitive knowledge. What more we think about the meaning, and connotation of the word 'SOUL'is scriptural knowledge. It is called verbal scriptural know
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