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tattva-jnana

तत्त्वज्ञान tattva-jñāna

True knowledge of reality as it is; in Nyaya the knowledge that destroys false cognition and, with it, the chain of suffering, yielding release (*apavarga*).

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  • What is Nyaya? Philosophy

    Remove the first link, false knowledge, with tattva-jnana , true knowledge of reality, and each later link falls away in turn until what remains is apavarga , release.

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