ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 02

Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

Page 380

Types and means of acquiring knowledge
Indirect
Mind Based
truth, while naya cognizes only partial truth. The chart below explains naya and pramāņa classification easily:
Avagraha
Tha
Avaya
Dharana
2nd Adhyāya:
Pramana
Verbal Testimony
Angapravista
Arigabahya
Direct
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Farenga
Clairvoyance
Telepathy
Omniscience Rjusūtra Straight thread. Sabda-Literal
Sambhirudha- etimological
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Naya
Naigama-figurative / Non-literal
Sangraha-Class view:
Vyavahara-Distributive view
Evambhūta-Determinant
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Jiva has following five kinds of psychic states / bhāvas (thought activities)
1. Aupaśamika - that which results from the subsidence of the karma concerned
2. Kṣāyika - that which results from destruction/annihilation of the karma concerned
3. Kṣayopaśamika- that which results from subsidence-cum-destruction of the karma concerned.
4. Audayika- that which results from activation of the karma concerned
5. Pāriņāmika-that which having nothing to do with karma appears naturally.
These five have got 2, 9, 18, 21 and 3 sub-types respectively.
Upayoga or manifestation of consciousness is the defining characteristics of a soul. It is of two types:
1. Darśanopayaga- indeterminate cognitive operation, which is of four types.
a. Cakşu- indeterminate cognition had through the visual sense-organ
b. Acakşu-indeterminate cognition had through the non- visual sense-organ
c. Avadhi- indeterminate cognition of the nature of avadhi
d. Kevala- indeterminate cognition that is all-comprehensive.
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