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PHYSICAL ASD PSYCHICAL SENSES
the limbs. and minor limbs are the instruments of activity. And these are determined by name karmas of limbs and minor limbs. Moreover, the instruments of action are not five only. Their subdivisions are mentioned.
द्विविधानि Drividhāni
(16) 16. (The senses are of) two kinds.
l'idha means kinds. Those which have two kinds are two kinds. Which, then, are these two kinds ?
The two kinds of senses are the physical and the psychical. The physical sense is described in the next sutra.
निर्वृत्युपकरणे द्रव्येन्द्रियम्
Nirvșttyupakarane dravyendriyam (17) 17. The physical sense consists of accomplishment (of the organ itself) and means or instruments-(its protecting en. vironment).
Virortliḥ means formation. Formation is of two kinds, external and internal. The spreading of a small extent (i. e. of one/innumerable part of utsedhāngula") of the soul in the shape of the senses such as the eyes is the internal formation. The collection of matter, owing to the fruition of physique-making karmas, in the particular shape in the space covered by the soul is external formation. That which assists this completion is the means. This also is of two kinds, internal and external. In the case of the eye, the eyeball is the internal means and the eyelids and the eyelashes are the external means. Similarly, it must be understood in the case of the other senses. The psychic sense is described.
__लब्ध्युपयोगी भावेन्द्रियम्
Labdhyupayogau bhāvendriyam (18) 18. The psychic sense consists of attainment and conscious. ness. Labdhi (capacity or dormant consciousness) is attainment.
1 utsedhāngula : small finger in its breadth; eight barley seeds in dia
meter.
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