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Q. 82.
Q. 83.
Q. 84.
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How many kinds of knowledge sentience are there ?
It is of five kinds :
1. Sensory knowledge (Mati Jnan). 2. Scriptural knowledge (Shrut Jnan). 3. Clairvoyance (Avadhi Jnan).
4. Telepathy (Manah Paryaya Jnan). 5. Omniscience (Keval Jnan). Define sensory knowledge.
(i) Preceeded by perception, the knowledge of the self which originates by giving up the tendency of depending on others and concentrating it on one's own self is called (true)sensory knowledge.
(ii) The knowledge in the origination of which the sense organ
Indriya) and the mind
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mana) are the instrumental causes is called sensory knowledge.
Define Scriptural Knowledge.
The knowledge of other (unknown) object deduced from the reference of an object already known in sensory knowledge is called scriptural knowledge.
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