Book Title: What is Jainism
Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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________________ INSTINCT (SANJNA) Anxiety love+anticipatory pain. Jealousy love+instinct of possession + injured self-assertiveness. Revenge self-feeling+insult, i.e., angry self-assertion with rankling ill-will. Resentment angry repudiation of a slur cast, or an insult offered. Chagrin the sense of annoyance at the prosperity of a hated object. Shame self-regarding sentiment + a consciousness of deficiency. Bashfulness self-display+self-abasement. 185 Pity love+ sympathy. Confidence desire working towards its end without fear of obstruction. Hope lessened confidence, with or without enthusiasm. Anxiety doubt assailing hope. Despondency the state when hope is disappearing in the face of growing difficulties. Despair the realization of the utter hopelessness of the situation. Distress the feeling of utter helplessness. Regret despair+the feeling that something that should have been done has not been done. Remorse regret + self-reproach. Sorrow regret + love. Pugnacity self-assertiveness+ either fear. the sexual instinct or the instinct of acquisition. Curiosity fear+attraction. Self-display, Self-assertiveness, The parental instinct is a modification of the sexual instinct or a combination of the sexual and social instincts. The gregarious instinct is a modification of the primary sanjña fear. are modifications of the sexual instinct. Jain Education International The above arrangement is mostly in agreement with the views of the thoughtful English psychologist, one of whose works on the subject has already been referred to in this article; but I have differed from his view in respect of certain instincts which he regards For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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