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Tattvārthasūtra
मतिः स्मृतिः संज्ञा चिन्ताऽभिनिबोध इत्यनर्थान्तरम् ॥१३॥
[Hfa: ] Hfa, [ fa: ] Hifa, [ HŞT] HTT, [Feral] feril, [अभिनिबोध] अभिनिबोध, [इति ] इत्यादि [अनर्थान्तरम् ] अर्थान्तर नहीं हैं, अर्थात् वे मतिज्ञान के नामान्तर हैं।
Sensory cognition - mati, remembrance - smặti, recognition - samjñā, induction - cintā, and deduction - abhinibodha, are synonyms of sensory-knowledge (matijñāna).
These are the synonyms of sensory-knowledge (matijñāna), mentioned first. These arise on the destruction-cum-subsidence (kşayopasama) of karmas which obscure sensory knowledge. And there is no activity of these in scriptural knowledge (śrutajñāna), etc. The derivatives are mati, smrti, samjñā, cintā, and abhinibodha. Cognizing is cognition. Remembering is remembrance. Recognizing is recognition. Inductive reasoning is induction. Deductive reasoning is deduction. Other expansions, as appropriate, must be understood. Though the words are derived from different roots, by the force of convention, these are synonyms. For instance, though the words ‘indra', 'sakra', and 'purandara' denote different activities, all these are the names of the same person, the deva-husband of Saci. If different meanings are attached to these from the point of view of their etymological meanings, the same may be done with regard to the synonyms of sensory knowledge (matijñāna). The meaning intended is that these synonyms do not transgress the range of cognition arising from the cause of destruction-cum-subsidence (kşayopaśama) of karmas obscuring sensory knowledge (matijñāna). The term 'iti' indicates varieties or species. These are the synonyms or names of sensory knowledge. What is the cause of that?
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