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Epistemology of Jainas
(xi) Leśyā-Six types of thought intensity, expressed through six types of colour.
(xii) Bhavyatva-Capability of attaining liberation. (xiii) Samyaktva- Faith, right, wrong or mixed. (xiv) Samjña—Rationality. (xv) Āhāra-Assimilation of diet,
(3) Gunasthānas (Spiritual stages) : There are fourteen spiritual stages showing the progress of soul. We shall discuss them in the chapter of Kevalajñāna. The Self, Consciousness and Cognition : a comparative view
We have stated above knowledge at the main feature that distinguishes one class of reality from the other. The class which possesses it is recognized as intelligence, soul, spirit or the salf, while the other as non-intelligent, non-soul, matter or body. The question of knowledge, apart from its logical or epistemological considerations, has three aspects.
(i) The first aspect is, whether there is any permanent entity as the abode of knowledge.
(ii) The second is related with knowledge as a faculty.
(iii) The third is concerned with knowledge as cognition or function
We shall discuss these three aspects in the foregoing pages and have a comparative view. The Materialistic view :
The materialist, known as Cārvāka in Indian philosophy, maintains that the whole Universe is composed of four elements, and believes in perception as the only source of knowledge. The other sources are either invalid or secondary. They cannot claim interdependent validity. The apparent world can be divided into physical bodies, senses and the lifeless objects. All of them are compositions of the four elements. Consciousness also is an outcome of them when transferred
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