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[ Ashtavakra here advances the thesis that even if Acts be supreme still when the (fourth) or Supreme Being becomes manifest to the soul, it stands in no further needs to Acts.]
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[ By bringing in the quinquennial series, Vandin wishes to assert that the five senses are competent to cognise their respective objects and that besides these senses and their objects there is neither any other sense to perceive nor any other object of perception. He also cites the authority of the Veda according to which the Apsaras (or consciousness) have five “locks” on their hands—i.e., five objects of perception.]
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[ Besides the five senses Ashtavakra contends for an additional sense namely the Mind and accordingly cites the number six.]
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[ Vandin admits the existence of the six senses but says that the soul experiences happiness and misery through those as well as through the intellect.]
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[ Ashtavakra advances an eighth element, namely, the knowledge of the ego.]