knowledge-veiling karma
It is a type of karma, the rise of which is responsible for obscruing the quality of knowledge; unless the soul annihilates it completely, it cannot attain kevalajñāna; it has five sub-types
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that which veils matijñāna
cognitive perception
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that which veils śrutajñāna
articulate knowledge
3
that which veils avadhijñāna,
clairvoyance
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that which veils manahparyavajñāna
mind-reading knowledge
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that which veils kevalajñāna
omniscience