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5. The three divine direct knowledge, such as avadhi, and their distinctions and mutual differences. 6. Presenting the subjects of the five types of knowledge while explaining their interrelationship and simultaneous possibility. 7. Some knowledge can also be misleading, along with the reasons for the truthfulness and falsity of knowledge. 8. The distinctions of nayas.
In comparison, the discussion of knowledge in "Pravachanasara" is not in the logical and philosophical style of "Jñānādhikara," but rather in the agamic style akin to the knowledge discussions of "Nandīsūtra," merely describing all the distinctions of knowledge and its subjects, distinguishing between knowledge and ignorance. The sequence of the origin of worldly knowledge, such as avagraha, eīhā, etc., evokes the process of knowledge generation in Nyāya Shastra's nivikalpa-savikalpa knowledge and in the Abhidhammaṭṭha Saṅgaho. The description of the three divine direct knowledges, such as avadhi, reminds one of the knowledgeable, the yogi, and the divine knowledge in Vedic and Buddhist philosophy. The definition of manahparyaya in divine knowledge reminds one of parichitta jñāna in Yoga philosophy and Buddhist philosophy. The division of proofs in a direct-indirect form recalls two proofs described in Vaiśeṣika and Buddhist philosophy, three proofs described in Sāṅkhya and Yoga philosophy, four proofs articulated in Nyāya philosophy, and six proofs presented in Mīmāṃsā philosophy.