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2 terms

Kevala-jñānaकेवलज्ञान
Omniscience — unlimited, direct knowledge of all substances and modes.
Arises on the destruction of the four ghātī karmas (10.1). Not an accumulation but the soul's own nature unveiled.
Chapter 1Chapter 10
Kṣāyikaक्षायिक
State arising from the total destruction of karma.
Permanent and irreversible — the states of a liberated soul. Nine kinds, including kevala-jñāna and kṣāyika-samyaktva.
Chapter 2Chapter 10