(1275–96).
Mar
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Hindu writer and
yogi
.
Jñ
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ne
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var was one of four children. The eldest brother, Niv
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attin
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th, became a yogi of the
N
th
sect (according to one tradition) and instructed Jñ
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ne
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var, thus enabling him to be a yogi and attain knowledge. This tradition is mentioned in Jñ
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ne
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var's composition on the
Bhagavad-g
t
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, where he lists the previous gurus as
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