The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1172 page)

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ne
var
or Jñ
nadeva
(1275–96).
Mar
t
Hindu writer and
yogi
.

ne
var was one of four children. The eldest brother, Niv
attin
th, became a yogi of the
N
th
sect (according to one tradition) and instructed Jñ
ne
var, thus enabling him to be a yogi and attain knowledge. This tradition is mentioned in Jñ
ne
var's composition on the
Bhagavad-g
t
, where he lists the previous gurus as

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