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(determinate sense perception) involves the operation of both sense organs and mind.
Siddhasena does not say anything in the BhT about the causal instrument of recognition, inference and cogitation. But we can say the former two require both sense organ and mind as their causal instrument. This explanation finds support from Siddhasena Gani, as he states that the object of recognition is both past and present (rather co-ordination of the past object with the present one), and that of cogitation is the future object. 12 Again inference requires perception of logical reason and memory of invariable concomitance. 13
Subdivisions of Sense Perception (Mati-B)
There are four gradual stages of matijñāna and the order of their occurrence is fixed.
avagraha-ihā-āvāya-dhāraṇāḥ (TAS 1. 15)
[Mati-B has four subdivisions:] avagraha, ihā, āvāya, and dhāraṇā.
We refer, in short, to the nature of the four stages based on the explanation by Sukhlalji. 14
avagraha: Unspecified cognition to the effect that something ought to be here or there.
ihā: The thought-process that is undertaken with a view to specifically ascertaining the object that has been grasped by avagraha.
āvāya: Final ascertainment after thinking over and examining the particular feature grasped at the stage of ihā.
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