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TATTVĀRTHĀDHIGAMASŪTRA
By Shri Umasvami (Umasvati)
CHAPTER
1 VALID
KNOWLEDGE
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| I bow
to the Lord, the promulgator of the path to liberation, the
destroyer of mountains ( large heaps) of karmas and the knower of
the whole reality, so that I may realize these qualities.
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1. Right faith, right
knowledge, and right conduct (together) constitute the path to
liberation.
2. Belief in substances ascertained as
they are is right faith.
3. That
(This right
faith) is
attained by
intuition or
by
acquisition of knowledge.
4. (The) soul, (the)
non-soul, influx,
bondage, stoppage,
gradual dissociation and liberation
constitute reality.
5. These
are installed
(in four
ways) by
name,
epresentation, substance (potentiality) and actual state.
6. Knowledge (of the seven categories)
is attained by means of
pramana
and naya.
7.
(Knowledge of
the seven categories
is attained)
by
description, owner- ship,
cause, resting place (substratum),
duration and division.
8. (The seven categories
are known)
also by existence,
number (enumeration),
place or abode, extent of space
(pervasion), time,
interval
of
time, thought-activity, and
reciprocal comparison.
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