Matharavritti 27
English (machine translation) 27
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27.1
Here, which are the sensory faculties, and which the action faculties? It is answered:
27.2
The sensory faculties are known as the ear, skin, eyes, tongue, and nose;
27.3
(p. 31) / they call speech, hands, feet, the anus, and the genitals the action faculties. //
27.4
Those beginning with the ear are called sensory faculties. They are sensory faculties because they perceive sound, touch, form, taste, and odor. Those faculties are called faculties: "in" is a name for objects; they run towards those objects, hence they are "faculties" (indriyas). They call speech, hands, feet, the anus, and the genitals the action faculties. They perform and cause action. The functioning of the action faculties: speech has the function of speaking; the hands have the function of grasping; the two feet walk over uneven, even, low, and high terrain; the anus excretes the waste of ingested food and water; the genitals produce pleasure, that is, generate a son. Thus these functionings of the action faculties have been explained. //