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chapters thus
in the first chapter he has analyzed the 'Knowledge (Jñāna Mīmānisā), the second to the fourth chapters contain an analysis of the 'Knowledgeworthy' (Jñeya Mīmānisa) and he has devoted the remaining five chapters to the analysis of the 'Conduct (Caritra Mīmāmsa). We shall consider the essence of these three analyses in the subsequent paragraphs.
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INTRODUCTION: XXV
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The Essence Of The Jñāna Mīmāmsa In the first chapter the author has included eight main features relating to the knowledge. They are 1. The division of knowledge as standpoints and proofs, 2. Statement of five types of knowledge Sensory Perception (Mati-jñāna), Scriptural Knowledge (Śrut-jñāna), Clairvoyant Perception (Avadhi-jñāna), Telepathic Perception (Manaḥparyaya-jñāna) and Omniscience (Kevala-jñāna) as found in the canonical literature and their classification as direct and indirect knowledge, 3. The factors leading to Mati-jñāna, 4. Description of the Canonical works that are accepted as proofs in the Jaina tradition, as the Śrutajñāna, 5. Description of the three direct and divine types of cognition Avadhi-jñāna, Manahparyāya-jñāna and Kevala-jñāna, bringing out their sub-types and mutual differences, 6. The order of ascendance of the five types of cognition, their subjects and the possibility of their simultaneous occurrence in a soul, 7. Statement of the types of cognition which also have their false counterparts (Viparyaya jñāna) that may be confused as knowledge and the reasons for their rightness and falseness, 8. The types and sub-types of the stand-points (Nayas).
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