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TATTVA-KAUMUDI
(XXIX160_
the external organs
Karika XXVIII The function of the five senses, in respect to Sound,
etc., is said to be mere 'perceiving '; The functions of 'speaking,' ' handling', 'walking ',
'excretion' and 'gratification' are (the
functions of ) the other five. By " Perception " here is meant the primary abstract
apprehension (Nirvikalpa ) through the Observation.-the function of the sensory sense-organs. “Speaking, Handling. five intellectual Walkıng, Excretion and Gratification are the senses Speech
a functions of the other five," 1. e., of the five
.. handling, walking, excretion pertain motor organs ( of action ). The vocal organ to the senses of
is located in the throat, the palate, etc.,
and the function of this organ is 'Speaking. The functions of the sensory organs are quite clear.*
action
The functions of the three Internal organs' are next described:
Kārikā XXIX Of the three (the internal organs), the functions
consist of their respective characterisFunction of the internal organs tics; this is peculiar to each. The func
tion common to the organs consists in the five Prāna and the rest. (160) “The functions of the three consist of their respec
tive characteristics." In the compound term Reflection of
"Svālaksanyam', the term 'Svalaksana Manas, Self Consciousness stands for those that have their own disof Ahnkara and
tinctive characteristics',- that is, the Will, determination of Buddhi
the l-principle and the Mind ; 'Svālakṣaṇya'
(formed with the reflexive affıx 'syañ'); * That is to say they are denoted by their very names or by their definitions e. g., the car is defined as the sense for perceving ( or comprehending) sound and thus the function of the car is percoption of sound, and so with the others.
