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                  Knowledge

                  Knowledge’, of which there are five main types:

                  • mind-based and sensory knowledge – mati-jñāna
                  • scriptural knowledge – śruta-jñāna
                  • extra-sensory knowledge or clairvoyance – avadhi-jñāna
                  • knowledge of others’ minds or telepathy – manaḥparyaya-jñāna
                  • omniscience or absolute knowledge – kevala-jñāna.

                  With spiritual progress, one can gain the different types of knowledge.

                  Also one of the 14 ‘gateways’ or categories of investigation of mārgaṇā or ‘soul-quest’.

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