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Glossary
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fies itself as the one who experiences pleasure or pain
as a result of the contact of the mind with the objects
through the faculties in waking and by itself in the
dream. bhokta;
.
Elements of matter.
The division of matter into elements is based on
the basic means by which we know. These means
are the faculties or the senses through which all know-
ing occurs.
These are five in number; the faculties
of hearing, feeling (touch), seeing, tasting and small-
ing. These have exclusive fields or objects of know-
ing. One cannot touch a sound, hear a colour or see
a smell. These basic and descrete objects are called
tanmatras ('that onlys). It is held that those can
not be perceived through the senses. Only when they
of pancikaraṇa
process
become gross by the
(vide paras 142, 148 and 149) do they become objects
of the faculties. bhūtani; f.
Essence.
That which makes a thing what it is, that-ness.
tatvam ; तत्त्वं.
Entra-Corporeal.
Other than the body which may be gross, subtle
or causal. This principle is other than all these which
have to be transcended one after another before
reaching it, deh ātiriktam, Zfakąd.
Faculty.
The means by which we get to know the outer
world through the mind. The ear, the skin, the eye,
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fies itself as the one who experiences pleasure or pain
as a result of the contact of the mind with the objects
through the faculties in waking and by itself in the
dream. bhokta;
.
Elements of matter.
The division of matter into elements is based on
the basic means by which we know. These means
are the faculties or the senses through which all know-
ing occurs.
These are five in number; the faculties
of hearing, feeling (touch), seeing, tasting and small-
ing. These have exclusive fields or objects of know-
ing. One cannot touch a sound, hear a colour or see
a smell. These basic and descrete objects are called
tanmatras ('that onlys). It is held that those can
not be perceived through the senses. Only when they
of pancikaraṇa
process
become gross by the
(vide paras 142, 148 and 149) do they become objects
of the faculties. bhūtani; f.
Essence.
That which makes a thing what it is, that-ness.
tatvam ; तत्त्वं.
Entra-Corporeal.
Other than the body which may be gross, subtle
or causal. This principle is other than all these which
have to be transcended one after another before
reaching it, deh ātiriktam, Zfakąd.
Faculty.
The means by which we get to know the outer
world through the mind. The ear, the skin, the eye,