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                       TATTVĀRTHĀDHIGAMASŪTRA
                                      By Shri Umasvami

   CHAPTER 1                                 VALID KNOWLEDGE
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9. Knowledge  is  of  five  kinds – sensory  knowledge,  scriptural   knowledge,  
    clairvoyance, telepathy and omniscience.  
 
10. These (five kinds  of  knowledge)  are  the  two  types  of  pramäna  (valid -  
      knowledge).  
11. The first two (kinds of knowledge) are indirect (knowledge).
12. The remaining three constitute direct (knowledge).   
13. Sensory cognition, remembrance,  recognition,  induction  and  deduction  
      are synonyms
14. That is caused by the senses and the mind.
15. (The four divisions of sensory knowledge  are)  apprehension  (sensation),  
      speculation, perceptual judgment and retention.
16. (The subdivision of each of these are) more,  many  kinds,  quick,  hidden,  
      unexpressed, lasting and their opposites. 
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