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CHAPTER 111
Indirect Knowledge The Types of Indirect Knowledge
Mati Jñana
It has been already stated that out of the five types of knowledge the last three are related with pure intuition. They are attained as super-natural powers and not through psychological process. The second of the remaining two, i.e. śruta, is limited to scriptures. It also does not possess any importance as far as the psychology of knowledge is concerned. It is mati, that covers the whole range of cogoition as far as modern psychology is concerned. The entire process beginning with contiguity of senses and the object, upto the subconscious impressions which are capable of rising again in the form of memory; are included into this type of knowledge. All varieties of profane knowledge perceptual or conceptual, termed and classified differently by different systems are included in it.
Two Connotations
The Mati is known as Ābhinibodhika also. This term is prevalant in the old Āgamic literaturel, while the term mati is based on the karma literature which refers to the corresponding āvarana as Matijñānāvaraņa2 and not Ābhinibodhikajñānā. varaña. In the division of Ajñāna also only mati is found.
VBh. explains abhinibodha as the cognition resulting from the presence of an object. The same thing is further confirmed 1. Bhagavatı 88.2.317 2. Karmagrantha, I. 4
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