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OUTLINES OF JAINISM
knowledge by the senses. It is also called ūlochana, grahaņa, or avadhārana.
2. Thā, the readiness to know more of the things perceived. It is also called ūhā, tarka, parikshā, ricāraņā, or jijñāsā.
3. d paya, finding out the perfection or otherwise (samyaktā or asumyaktā) of a thing. It is also called apavāya, apagama, apanoda, apavyādha, apeta, (pagata, apaviddha, or apanutta.
4. Dhāraṇā, retaining the detailed reality of a thing. It is also called pratipatti, avadhāranu, avasthāna, nischaya, avagama, or avabodha.
To illustrate : I see the nurse and boy going along outside : this is avagraha. I wish to know more about them: this is īhā. I go and make inquiries about them, and know all kinds of details about their ages, family, ete. : this is apāya. I grasp the full significance and characteristics of the details which I have gathered : this is dhūrana.
Each of the above four classes of sense-knowledge has twelve sub-classes: bahu, much; bahuvidha, manifold; kshipra, quickly; anisrita, without the help of symbols or signs; anukta, without being taught; dhruva, steady; alpa, less; alpavidha, in few ways; akshipra, slowly; niírita, with help of signs; ukta, taught; adhruva, not steady.
Thus mati-jñānu is 4 x 12 = 48 kinds; and, as each kind may be acquired by five senses or the mind, in all it is of 48 x 6 = 288 kinds.
Again, the above distinctions apply to sense-knowledge with reference to artha, the object itself. With
