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Indriya are mainly classified into three categories: | Indriya are mainly classified into three categories: | ||
===Five sensory faculties (pancha jnanendriyani)=== | |||
These include | |||
*Auditory faculty (shrotrendriya) | *Auditory faculty (shrotrendriya) | ||
*Tactile faculty(sparshanendriya) | *Tactile faculty(sparshanendriya) | ||
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*Olfactory faculty(ghranendriya)[Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 8/8] | *Olfactory faculty(ghranendriya)[Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 8/8] | ||
===Five motor faculties (pancha karmendriyani)=== | |||
These include | |||
*Upper limbs and faculties regulating activities accomplished by it (hasta) | *Upper limbs and faculties regulating activities accomplished by it (hasta) | ||
*Lower limbs and faculties regulating activities accomplished by it (pada) | *Lower limbs and faculties regulating activities accomplished by it (pada) | ||
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*Tongue with peripheral speech apparatus and associated faculties (vagindriya)[Cha. Sa. [[Sharira Sthana]] 1/25-26] | *Tongue with peripheral speech apparatus and associated faculties (vagindriya)[Cha. Sa. [[Sharira Sthana]] 1/25-26] | ||
===Internal faculty (antah karana)=== | |||
Internal system of perception and cognition includes the inputs from the sensory faculties and their processing by the mind (manas), intellect (buddhi), and ego (ahamkara). | |||
Mind (manas) is known as supreme faculty (atindriya) or dual faculty (ubhayendriya) which is having control over both sensory as well as motor faculties. [A.S.Sharira Sthana 5/44] | Mind (manas) is known as supreme faculty (atindriya) or dual faculty (ubhayendriya) which is having control over both sensory as well as motor faculties. [A.S.Sharira Sthana 5/44] | ||
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==Formation of indriya== | ==Formation of indriya== | ||
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