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CHAPTER II ' सम्मण्णाणे णियमेण दसण दसणे उ भयणिज्ज ।
सम्मण्णाण च इमं ति अत्थो होइ उववरण ॥ ३३ ॥
(32) Darsana is to be strictly confined to that process of knowledge, which is styled as crude impression (Abhinibodha).of. one who looks at all things described by Jinas with unquestionable faith.
(33) When there is Samyag-jñāna, there is Samyag-Darśana always but the converse is not true.
The word Darsana as used in the Jaina scriptures is a technical one. It has got iwo special meanings. One meaning of it is Indistinct consciousness (Nirākāra Upa. yoga) and the other is Faith (Śraddhā). As regards its first meaning, the author while recording his protest, has establisbed its real meaning. According to him the meaning of Darsana is not Nirākára Upayoga which is totally different from distinct knowledge (Sákāra Upayoga). But the knowledge can be from another point of view also styled Darsana.
In the same way he differs from others as regards its other meanings also. What he means clearly is this that Samyag-darśana which is one of the three instruments ensuring emancipation is not according to him different from Samyag-jñāna. In other words Samyag-jñāna is Samyag.darśana. However, it is
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