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xxii : MAHAPRATYAKHYĀNA PRAKĪRŅAKA
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three kinds
Karma-upadhi or karmic encumbrance, Śarīra-upadhi or bodily encumbrance and Bāhya-upadhi external encumbrance such as clothes, pots etc. According to the Digambara tradition the encumbrance (Upadhi) is either internal (Abhyantara-upadhi) such as anger, pride, deceit, greed, etc or external (Bahya-upadhi) such as peacock feather broom (Picchi), water pot (Kamandalu), etc.
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or
Vālāgrakoti (Hair-tip-type) - The minute space that is obtained by dividing the tip of a fine hair into millions of parts is known as the Vālāgra-koti. In other words it represents extremely (immeasurably) small space.
Visaya (Subject) · Whatever is desired to be known (Jñeya) is
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known as Visaya or subject. As the things are known by respective sense-organs the subjects are related to them. According to the Svetambara literature three sounds (subjects of the organ of hearing – ear), five forms (subjects of the organ of sight eye), two smells (subjects of the organ of smell - nose), five tastes (subjects of the organ of taste tongue) and eight touches (subjects of the organ of touch body) constitute the twenty-three subjects of the five sensory organs.' However, according to the Digambara literature, there are a total of twenty-eight subjects of sensory organs such as --seven sounds (subjects of the organ of hearing – ear), five colours (subjects of the organ of sight - eye), two smells (subjects of the organ of smell - nose), five tastes (subjects of the organ of taste tongue), eight touches (subjects of the organ of touch body) and manifold thought that is the subject of the mind.
Śrī Jaina Siddhanta Bol Sangraha, Pt. 6, p. 175.
Jainendra Siddhanta Kośa, Pt. 3, p. 578.
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