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Jñāna
ज्ञाननपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter) · ज्ञा धातु (jñā — to know directly) + अन प्रत्यय (lyuṭ)
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Direct knowledge of reality — the only means for mokṣa
Jñāna is the knowledge that removes avidyā (ignorance). It is not intellectual information nor mystical experience — it is the direct recognition of the identity between ātman and Brahman. According to Vedānta, jñāna is the only means (pramāṇa) for mokṣa. Karma (action) purifies the mind; bhakti (devotion) orients it; but only jñāna removes fundamental ignorance.
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