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What is Gyan in Jainism?
Kevala gyana (Sanskrit: केवल ज्ञान) or Keval gyan means omniscience in Jainism and is roughly translated as complete understanding or supreme wisdom. Kevala jnana is believed to be an intrinsic quality of all souls. This quality is masked by karmic particles that surround the soul.
What is avadhi Gyan in Jainism?
Clairvoyance. Clairvoyance is mentioned as avadhi jnana in Jain scriptures. According to Jain text Sarvārthasiddhi, “this kind of knowledge has been called avadhi as it ascertains matter in downward range or knows objects within limits”. The beings of hell and heaven (devas) are said to possess clairvoyance by birth.
What are the 4 principles of Jains?
Underpinning Jainism are five central vows, or mahavratas. These are non-violence (ahimsa); non-attachment (aparigraha); not lying (satya); not stealing (asteya); and sexual restraint (brahmacharya), with celibacy the ideal.
What are the 3 main teachings of Jainism?
The three guiding principles of Jainism, the ‘three jewels’, are right belief, right knowledge and right conduct. The supreme principle of Jain living is non violence (ahimsa).
How many types of Gyan are there?
Śruta Jñāna (Scriptural Knowledge) Avadhi Jñāna (Clairvoyance) Manah prayāya Jñāna (Telepathy) Kevala Jnana (Omniscience)
What is Shruti Gyan?
Shruti is always valued over smriti, because shruti is seen as ideas that are timeless (sanatan) and eternal (saswat) while smriti means ideas that are contextual, fixed to a place and period. Shurti is what we hear (gyan); smriti is what we actually process and assimilate (vi-gyan).
What are 9 Truths of Jainism?
Following are the nine truths of Jainism:
- Jiva (living things)
- Ajiva (non-living things)
- Punya (results of good deeds)
- Pap (Sins)
- Ashrav (good deeds)
- Sanvar (hindrances in the way of karma)
- Bandha (bondage)
- Nirjara (destruction of karmas)
Is Gyan a Sanskrit word?
Gnan (pronounced Nyan) is a Sanskrit word meaning “knowledge.” Other ways the word can be spelt are Gyan (Hindi) and Gnanam (Tamil).
Is Jnana same as knowledge?
Jñāna, sometimes transcribed as gyaan, means “knowledge” in Sanskrit. The root jñā- is cognate to English know, as well as to the Greek γνώ- (as in γνῶσις gnosis).
What is the mother tongue of Jainism?
Jain Prakrit is a term loosely used for the language of the Jain Agamas (canonical texts). The books of Jainism were written in the popular vernacular dialects (as opposed to Sanskrit which was the classical standard of Brahmanism), and therefore encompass a number of related dialects.
What are the 5 vows of Jainism?
Emerging from these three jewels and relating to right conduct are the five abstinences, which are the vows of:
- Ahimsa (non-violence)
- Satya (truthfulness)
- Asteya (not stealing)
- Aparigraha (non-acquisition)
- Brahmacarya (chaste living)
What is Gyan called in English?
knowledge uncountable noun. Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject, which someone has in their mind.