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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