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knowledge and Mati-jñāna is the first of the five, and Jātismaraṇa-jñāna is a type of Mati-jñāna.' Jātīsmaraṇa is not possible unless one has acquired right knowledge, such knowledge being available to a seeker, whose some karma-bandha, which obscures Mati-jñāna, is destroyed. Subsidence of Kaṣāyas and destruction of karma-bandha helps acquisition of Jātismaraṇa-jñāna. Śatāvadhāna
Śrīmad was born with an extra-ordinary memory. He was Śatāvadhānī. He could, therefore, remember 100 matters at a time and in order. These 100 matters included long calculations, poems or statements from any language, playing games like chess etc., at a time with many persons, and so on. This power and skill was acknowledged and appreciated by many news papers like 'Bombay-Samachar,' "Times of India' etc., and also by many persons of very high standing like High-Court Judges, and other high officials etc.. This power of his memory was not a result of training or learning or practice. It was a natural thing for him. As stated above he had achieved Jātismaraṇa, which is a part of Mati-jñāna as already noted. Mati-jñāna is again divided into four stages, called sensation ( Avagraha), speculation (Īhā), determination (Avāya ) and retention
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