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The rise of the Vedas remains until the *savad* part of the ninth *gunasthan*. From the eleventh *gunasthan* onwards, there is a state free from *kashāya*.
144. Question: What is *prashna jnana*?
Answer: The knowledge by which a living being knows the *dravya*, *guna*, and their various *paryaya* pertaining to the three times is called *prashna jnana*.
145. Question: How many types of *jnana* are there?
Answer: There are five types of *jnana*: (1) *matijnana*, (2) *shrutajnana*, (3) *avadhijnana*, (4) *man:paryayajnana*, and (5) *kevaljnana*. *Mati* and *shrutajnana* are indirect knowledge, *avadhi* and *man:paryayajnana* are *deshapratyaksha*, and *kevaljnana* is *sakalpratyaksha*. *Mati*, *shruta*, *avadhi*, and *man:paryaya* are the four types of *kshayopashamic jnana*, and *kevaljnana* is *kshayik jnana*.
146. Question: What is *matijnana*?
Answer: The knowledge of an object that is *abhimukh* (situated in a suitable field) and *niyat* (the fixed object of its respective sense organ, such as the form of the eye) with the help of the senses and mind is called *abhinibodhik* or *matijnana*.