(1275–96).
Mar
t
Hindu writer and
yogi
.
Jñ
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