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the śrutakevalis or ācāryas having knowledge of some purvās or some Argas. Knowledge is described in canonical texts as of five types shown in Fig 1 to 3.
Five types of knowledge as per Fig.1-Ref. Bhagvati-sūtra
Regrouping the five types of jana in two categories namely direct (pratyaksa) and Indirect (paroksa) Fig 2- Ref Sthänäriga.
Sensual perception being included both as direct and indirect, i.e. Mati divided in two categories namely sensual perception as direct and memory, comparison, logic, inference as indirect. Fig 3. Ref. Nandisūtra.
Mati, sensual-perception
Kevala
Avadhi
Sruta
Verbal or scriptural
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Pratyaksa(direct)
Bhava pratya
kṣayopaśamika
jñāna knowledge
Avadhi, Clairvoyance
Fig. 1
No-kevala
joana
Manahparyaya
Fig.2
Manaliparyaya Telepathy
abhinibodhika
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Paroksa (indirect)
śrutaniśrita
aśrutniśrita
Śruta
Kevala. Omniscience
Apga pravita
Anga bahia
