The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1171 page)

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(Skt., ‘knowledge section’). Those portions, whether individual sentences or longer passages, of Vedic revelation (
ruti
) dealing with knowledge (

na
), in which significant and authoritative statements are made concerning the nature of
Brahman
. The knowledge section of the
Vedas
is contrasted with the ‘action section’ (
karmak
a
).

na-mudra
The Hindu
mudra
(hand symbol) encapsulating knowledge: the index finger and thumb are joined, with the fingers outstretched; the finger (
j
va
) is united with the thumb (
tman
), in the truth which points (outstretched fingers) beyond itself to what is real.
Jñanapañcami
(Jain festival)
:

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