Concept of Divinity in Jainism

SR No.: 001637
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P Ajay Kothari
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 248
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Devotion
File Size: 15 MB

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Kevala-jnana (omniscience). Kevala-Jnana is not destroyed by any means.37
Vibhava-jnana is of two types viz., right knowledge and wrong knowledge. Right knowledge is further divided into four
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1. Sensory knowledge (mati-jnana or abhinibhodhika jnana). 2. Scriptural knowledge (shruta-jnana) 3. Limited direct knowledge or clairvoyance (avadhi jnana). 4. Direct knowledge of mind (manah-paryaya-jnana). Wrong knowledge is of three kinds39 : 1. Sensory wrong knowledge (kumati-jnana) 2. Scriptural wrong knowledge (kushruta jnana) 3. Limited direct wrong knowledge or wrong clairvoyance (vibhanga-jnana).
When knowledge obscuring karma (jnanavarniya karma) is destroyed, the pure knowledge or divinity shines forth. Thus, knowledge is divided into eight kinds.
1. Perfect or natural knowledge (keval-jnana) 2. Right sensory knowledge (mati-jnana) 3. Wrong sensory knowledge (kumati-jnana) 4. Right scriptural knowledge (shruta-jnana) 5. Wrong scriptural knowledge (Kushruta-jnana) 6. Right limited and direct knowledge or clairvoyance (Avadhi-jnana) 7. Wrong limited and direct knowledge or wrong clairvoy ance (Vibhanga jnana) 8. Direct knowledge of mind (manah-paryaya-jnana).
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THE CONCEPT OF DIVINITY IN JAINISM