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purified, it (i.e. that purified part of the Soul) assumes the shape of the sense-organs e.g. the Eye etc. This purified part of the Soul which thus assumes the form of the senseorgan is the 'Antara Nirvịtti'. The limb or the part of the physical body in which is located the Antara-Nirvșitti is called the Vāhya Nirvritti. The substance, called the Upakaraṇa which exists inside and protects the Nirvṛtti aspect of the Indriya is the 'Antara Upakarana'; the black, the white fields etc. which are within the Eyes are, for example, the Antara Upakaraṇa. The Vāhya Upakarana is those parts of the sense-organs which exist outside and protect it e.g. the Eye-hairs, the Eye-lids etc. The Antara Nirvịtti, the Vāhya Nirvștti, the Antara Upakaraṇa and the Vāhya Upakarana are all modes of the Dravyendriya or material sense-organ; for, these are but the modes of the Soul (Ātmā) and Matter (Pudgala). “Labdhi' and 'Upayoga' are the two aspects of the Bhāvendriya or the subjective sense-organ. 'Labdhi' is the gain on the part of the soul, consisting in the annihilation, or the mitigation of the knowledge-obscuring Karma. 'Upayoga' consists in the Soul's modification into consciousness or attention. When the knowledge-enveloping Karma is annihilated or mitigated, the Soul is possessed of 'Labdhi'; on account of this ‘Labdhi', the Soul attends to the Dravya-Nirvịtti aspect of the Indriya; this attention is ‘Upayoga'. 'Labdhi' is due to the annihilation or the mitigation of the knowledgeenveloping Karma; the knowledge by the sense-organs is impossible without 'Labdhi'. Sensuous knowledge is impossible again, unless and until there is Upayoga, unless and until, that is to say, there is some subjective effort (attention) to have the sensuous knowledge. Labdhi and Upayoga are the aspects of the Soul and means to its knowledge; hence these are called the Bhāvendriya's or subjective senses.
The organs of 'touch', 'taste', 'smell', 'vision and 'hearing' are the five sense-organs. Like these senseorgans, the Mind (Manas) also is an instrument of knowledge; it is known as the 'No-Indriya' or 'Anin
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