jnana
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editFrom Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna, “knowledge”).
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editjnana (countable and uncountable, plural jnanas)
- (Hinduism) The knowledge, acquired through meditation, that one's self (atman) is identical with Ultimate Reality (Brahman).
- 1969, Swami Rāmānandasarasvatī, The Hindu Ideal, Sri Ramananda Centenary Memorial Committee, page 291,
- 1986, The Vedanta Kesari, Ramakrishna Math, page 316,
- The knower of Atman realizes Him by Jnana Yoga (the path of knowledge).
- 2004, M. G. Chitkara, Vedic Religious Tradition, APH Publishing Corporation, page 375,
- Jnana is a direct knowing of things as they really are.
- (Buddhism) Pure awareness that is free of conceptual encumbrances.