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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)
*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)
*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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