Book Title: Notion of Growth
Author(s): Hermann Kuhn
Publisher: Crosswind Publishing Germany

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________________ 136 Hermann Kuhn 4-few kinds (one kind) (ekavidha) 5-fast (ksipra) 6-slow (aksipra) 7-partial (anihsrita) 8-complete (nihsrita) 9 - perceived indirectly (anukta) 10-perceived directly (ukta) 11 - steady, permanent (dhruva) 12-transient (adhruva). (17) Sense-perception (mati) perceives not only the outer (visible) qualities of an element, but its entire content, purpose and meaning. Sutras (18) Apprehension (avagraha) perceives objects and events in an indistinct way. (19) Indistinct apprehension does not arise through the eyes or the mind. (20) Knowledge gained from external sources (sruti) always originates in sense-perception. There are two types of scriptures. The first type has twelve, the second one many divisions. Jain Education International (21) In the inhabitants of higher and nether worlds clairvoyance (avadhi) is inborn. For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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