Jaina View of Life

Author(s): T G Kalghatgi
Publisher: Jain Sanskruti Samrakshak Sangh Solapur

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Jaina View of Life
and functions are not entirely identical with those of indriyas. The prefix no here does not mean not, but is at times rendered as işad. It is a quasi sense organ. Still they accept the instrumental function of the mind. In the Gommatasära : Jivakānda, we get a description of mind as the no-indriya. It is through the mind that mental knowledge and mental activity arise. But in the case of the mind there is no external manifestation as in the case of other sense organs. The function of mind is assimilative. 80 The Pramāņamimamsa describes mind as the thing which grasps everything. In the vștti of the same it is said, the 'mano' nindriyam iti no indriyam iti ca ucyate". B' In the Tattvārthasūtra, the function of mind, which is anindriya, is described as the sruta cognition. The second function is the mati and its modifications. It is called the organ of apprehension of all objects because all sense experiences are apprehended by the mind. The Jainas accepted the instrumental nature (karanatva) of the mind. But it is said that the karaña is of two types-bāhya karana and antaḥkarāna, and even the dravya-manas is described as the antaḥkarana, the internal organ. Being the internal organ it is different from the other sense organs.88 However, such a description of mind need not be interpreted in the sense that, according to the Jaina view, mind is not a sense organ; in fact, it is more than a sense organ. Its function is not specific like that of the other sense organs. It is sarvārthagrahaņam, as it is stated in the Pramāṇamīmāṁsā.
II. In the Dravyasamgraha, Nemicandra says that soul in its pure form has the quality of consciousness. Brahmadeva,
30. Gommatasära 444, no-imdi yatti sannå tassa have sesaindiyānam
vā vattabhāvādo. 31. Pramānami māṁsā 24 and Vrtti. 32. Tattvārthasūtra II, 21 and Pramānamimāmsă-yrtti--srutamiti-hi
vişayina visayas ya nirdeśaḥ. 33. Abhidha narājendra, Vol. VI, Manas p. 76: karanattanao kimtu
karanam dvidhā bhavati-s arīragatam antaḥkaranam tadbahirbhutam bahyakaranam ca tatredam dravya-manontaḥkaranamevātanaḥ.