________________ Verse 99 (indriya). The non-corporeal (amurtika) qualities are not recognized by the senses (indriya). Thus, that which is amenable to recognition by the senses is the mark (laksana) of the corporeal (murtika) substance (dravya), i.e., the physical matter (pudgala). That which is not amenable to recognition by the senses is the mark (laksana) of the medium-of-motion (dharma), the medium-of-rest (adharma), the The object of scriptural knowledge (srutajnana) is the 'sruta' - the knowledge in comprehensible form or the Scripture. It is the province of the mind (mana). With the help of the mind (mana), the soul (jiva) with destruction-cum-subsidence (ksayopasama) of scripturalknowledge-obscuring (srutajnanavaraniya) karma, engages in attainment of the knowledge contained in the Scripture. Or, scriptural-knowledge is the Scripture. It is the object of the mind. The mind is capable of accomplishing it independently, without the help of the senses. The senses are the instrumental cause of scripturalknowledge by convention (parampara) only. Acarya Umasvami's Tattvarthasutra: स्पर्शरसगन्धवर्णशब्दास्तदर्थाः // 2-20 // pysf, TH, Te, auf (], proa - Ta 9649T: 342107 Ta grigentot विषय हैं अर्थात् उपरोक्त पाँच इन्द्रियाँ उन-उन विषयों को जानती हैं। Touch (sparsa), taste (rasa), smell (gandha), colour or form (varna) and sound (sabda) are the objects of the senses. Gefrigert 112-2811 मन का विषय श्रुतज्ञानगोचर पदार्थ हैं अथवा मन का प्रयोजन श्रुतज्ञान है। Scriptural knowledge (srutajnana) is the province of the mind (mana). . . . . . . . . . 191
