The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2292 page)

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ivabhuti
.
A Jain who, according to the
vet
mbara, caused the eighth, and major, schism among Jains.
iva-Jñ
na-Bodha
(Skt.; Tamil,
ivañ
nap
tam
, ‘realization of the knowledge of
iva’). An important theological text of
aiva
Siddh
nta written by Meyka
adeva (Tamil, Meyka
tart
var; 13th cent. CE). The
iva-Jñ
na-Bodha
is a concise, systematic exposition of
aiva theology, which maintains that God (
iva
) is transcendent and immanent, and souls are wholly dependent on him. To attain union with

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