Sthaviravali

Author(s): Ratnaprabhvijay
Publisher: Jain Granth Prakashak Sabha

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2. Visual knowledge can extend to the whole Universe; whereas mental knowledge is limited to Adhi Dvipa w alg the central portion of the middle world, where only, human beings are found.
3 Visual knowledge can be acquired by all living beings possessed of mind; mental knowledge can be acquired only by saints with super-natural powers.
4. The subject-matter of visual knowledge is gross; that of the mental, is very fine.
If a man is thinking about a pot, a Yogi or 'an ascètic with Vipula-mati labdhi, not only knows that the particular individual is thinking about a pot, but also knows about many attributes of the pot, for instance, that it is made of gold, that it is prepared at Pataliputra uzalgs capital of Magadha or Berār, that it is prepared recently, that it is placed in a large sleeping apartment, and all the other attributes of the
pot.
Complex mental knowledge cannot be lost and it surely leads to Kèvala Jnāna ORTH Perfect Knowledge, with which it is merged in.
Riju-mati #afa Simple mental knowledge knows an infinitesimal part of an atom i-e an infinitesimal degree of its attributes. This degree is called Avibbāga Praticchéda afati gfasage or an infinitesimal part of its constituents.
• Vipula-mati fageafa Complex mental knowledge knows an infinitesimal part of the subject-matter of simple mental knowledge.
10. Cārana Labdhi attuafou is the super-natural power of various higbly rapid movements acquired by a Yogi or an ascetic in consequence of extremely praise-worthy Caritra Dharma EfTENÅ Observances of religious duties.
acquired by a Yogi oras