Jnana Dictionary

BRAHMA-JNANA: Direct Knowledge of Brahman.

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ATMA-JNANA: Knowledge of the Self.

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Jnana (Jnanam) (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root jna to know, have knowledge, understand)

Intelligence, understanding, knowledge; the old philosophers said that parabrahman is not jnata (known), not jnana (knowledge), and not jneya (that which may be known), nevertheless parabrahman is the one source of which these three modes of understanding are manifestations.

Jnana and vidya are closely similar, with perhaps the suggestion of intuitive intellectual cognizance expressed in jnana, and a more active and individualized activity expressed by vidya. Either word can stand for knowledge or wisdom; in theosophy jnana is often translated as innate or intuitive knowledge, and vidya as reflective or stored-up cognizance of intellectual and other values, or wisdom, though these distinctions are somewhat arbitrary.

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jnana yoga: (Sanskrit) "Union of knowledge."

Describes the esoteric spiritual practices of the fully enlightened being, or jnani. An alternative meaning, popularized by Swami Vivekananda, is the quest for cognition through intellectual religious study, as one of four alternate paths to truth, the other three being bhakti yoga, karma yoga and raja yoga.

See: jnana, yoga.

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jnana pada: "Stage of wisdom."

Once the soul has attained Realization, it is henceforth a wise one, who lives out the life of the body, shedding blessings on mankind. This stage is also called the San Marga, "true path," on which God is our dearest beloved. The Tirumantiram describes the fulfillment of each stage as follows. In charya, the soul forges a kindred tie in "God's world" (salokya). In kriya it attains "nearness" (samipya) to Him. In yoga it attains "likeness" (sarupya) with Him. In jnana the soul enjoys the ultimate bliss of identity (sayujya) with Siva.

See: jnana, nirvani and upadeshi.

See: pada, jnana, nirvani and upadeshi.

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jnana yoga:

yoga of knowledge

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JNANA YOGA: the Yoga of knowledge

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Jnana-mudra - the traditional posture of the hand formed with the tip of the thumb touching the tip of the index finger.

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Jnana Yoga: The yoga of wisdom; the path to liberation based on wisdom, through the ability to distinguish between the Real and the unreal, and rejecting what is unreal.

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Jnana Yoga

The yoga of knowledge. One of the seven major schools of yoga.

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jnana shakti: (Sanskrit) "Power of wisdom."

One of Siva's three primary shaktis. Also a name for Lord Karttikeya's vel.

See: Karttikeya. shakti, trishula.

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jnana pada: (Sanskrit) "Stage of wisdom."

According to the Saiva Siddhanta rishis, jnana is the last of the four successive padas (stages) of spiritual unfoldment. It is the culmination of the third stage, the yoga pada. Also names the knowledge section of each Agama.

See: jnana, pada.

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a-jnana-sakthi:

a-jnana-sakthi (a-jnaana-shakthi). Power of ignorance.

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a-jnana-avrithi:

a-jnana-avrithi (a-jnaana-aavritthi). Obscuring or deluding power.

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jnana-yoga

The spiritual discipline of cultivating knowledge of pure spirit.

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Jnana-darsana-suddhi (Sanskrit) (from jnana knowledge, wisdom + darsana vision, teaching + suddhi purity, truth, perfection)

Purity or perfection in the vision (or teaching) of knowledge or wisdom.

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jnana-swarupa:

jnana-swarupa (jnaana-svaruupa). The embodiment of spiritual wisdom.

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Jnana-yoga - the path of spiritual realization through a philosophical search for truth.

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vi-jnana-ghana:

vi-jnana-ghana (vi-jnaana-ghana). Sum and substance of spiritual wisdom.

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jnana-marga:

jnana-marga (jnaana-maarga). Path of spiritual wisdom.

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Jnana-Yoga:

Jnana-Yoga ("Yoga of wisdom"): the path to liberation based on wisdom, or the direct intuition of the transcendental Self (atman) through the steady application of discernment between the Real and the unreal and renunciation of what has been identified as unreal (or inconsequential to the achievement of liberation)

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Jnana mudra:

the gesture of knowledge - in this the index finger is bent so that its tip is joined with the tip of the thumb, the other three fingers are spread out.

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