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All Indian regions have their root in Vedas. If you know (I do not claim that I know) vedas, you know every religions.

Here is Pragya is defined in Vedic literature and how it is far superior to what we know as IQ which analytical in nature. Here is something I extracted from net.

Meaning of Pragya (Prajñā / Intuitive Intelligence)

In Yoga philosophy, Prajñā is not mere intellect (buddhi), but the power of consciousness to know truth directly — beyond reasoning, sense perception, and memory.
It is the “light of awareness” (Chit Shakti) that, when purified through yoga, reveals reality as it is (Yathābhūta-jñāna).

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🕉️ Levels / Types of Pragya (as per Yogic and Vedantic systems)
Different texts describe the types of Pragya in slightly different ways, but they all point to progressive refinement of intelligence — from ordinary reasoning to cosmic truth-bearing wisdom.
Below is a synthesis from Yoga Sutras, Vedanta, Mandukya Upanishad, and Tantric Yoga traditions.

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1. Laukika Pragya (Worldly Intelligence — लौकिक प्रज्ञा)

• Source: Senses and ordinary mind (manas–buddhi).
• Nature: Analytical, logical, and practical.
• Function: Deals with survival, career, planning, reasoning.
• Limitation: Bound by ego, duality, and subjectivity. Cannot grasp higher truths.

Equivalent term: “Apara Vidyā” (lower knowledge) in the Mundaka Upanishad.

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2. Shastriya Pragya (Scriptural or Conceptual Wisdom — शास्त्रीय प्रज्ञा)

• Source: Scriptures, teachers, reasoning (śruti–yukti).
• Nature: Cultured intellect guided by dharma and tradition.
• Function: Interprets and applies spiritual teachings correctly.
• Limitation: Still indirect knowledge (parokṣa-jñāna); not yet experiential.

Develops through study (svādhyāya), satsanga, and contemplation.

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3. Yogaja Pragya (Yogically Born Intuition — योगज प्रज्ञा)

• Source: Deep concentration (dhyāna, samādhi).
• Nature: Intuitive insight born of inner purity.
• Function: Reveals hidden truths, subtle realities, and powers (siddhis).
• Limitation: Still associated with mental activity and object of meditation.

Mentioned by Patanjali: “Prajñā” arises from meditation beyond logic —
Yoga Sutra I.47 — “Nirvicāra vaiśāradye adhyātma prajñā”
“When purity arises in nirvicāra (non-discursive meditation), spiritual insight dawns.”

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4. Ṛtambharā Pragya (Truth-bearing Wisdom — ऋतम्भरा प्रज्ञा)

• Source: Deep Samadhi (beyond discursive mind).
• Nature: Absolute truth-bearing intelligence.
• Function: Perceives ṛta — cosmic truth/order — exactly as it is.
• Characteristics:
  • Spontaneous and errorless
  • Beyond logic, inference, and scripture
  • Perceives universal harmony and divine order

Yoga Sutra I.48 — “ṛtambharā tatra prajñā”
“Then (in that state), consciousness becomes truth-bearing.”

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5. Para Pragya (Supreme or Transcendental Wisdom — परा प्रज्ञा)

• Source: Asamprajñāta Samadhi / Atma Sakshatkara.
• Nature: Non-dual awareness — the Self knowing itself.
• Function: Liberation (Kaivalya). Beyond knowledge and knower.
• Characteristics:
  • Beyond words, concepts, or distinction
  • The culmination of all yogic wisdom

Mandukya Upanishad (Verse 7) calls it:
“Prajñānaghana” — “a mass of pure consciousness.”
“Esha sarveśvara, eṣa sarvajña, eṣo’ntaryāmī…”
“This is the Lord of all, the all-knower, the inner Self.”

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Summary Table

Level​	Sanskrit Term​	Description​	Nature of Knowing​	Yogic State​
1	Laukika Pragya	Ordinary intellect	Sense-based	Waking mind
2	Shastriya Pragya	Scriptural / reasoning-based	Conceptual	Contemplation
3	Yogaja Pragya	Intuitive insight from meditation	Experiential but limited	Dhyāna / Savichāra Samādhi
4	Ṛtambharā Pragya	Truth-bearing wisdom	Direct perception of cosmic order	Nirvichāra Samādhi
5	Para Pragya	Supreme wisdom / Self-awareness	Non-dual realization	Asamprajñāta Samādhi

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In Essence

• Mind (manas) collects impressions.
• Intellect (buddhi) discriminates.
• Pragya illuminates truth directly.
• Ṛtambharā Pragya is the purified light of buddhi reflecting divine order.
• Para Pragya is the merger of the light and its source — the Self (Ātman).

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Cool.

Give me the Indian state wise Pragya rankings.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

8 decades of our existence we have been propped up and protected under a Commie umbrella.

A commie leader stood between us and the 7th fleet in 1971.

A commie submarine commander surfaced and opened his middle hatches in plain sight of a US flotilla steaming in.

But mandbuddhis ke liye commie is the enemy.

And America ka lun chaatna param dharm hai.

Once again you are off the topic. I do not discuss here the international relation with communist country. What I discuss here is a commie mindset, a thinking pattern to believe something and discarding rest without due consideration and keep believing some ideology which is proved be a time-tested failure.

 

[Vsdoc]

Once again you are off the topic. I do not discuss here the international relation with communist country, what I discuss here is a commie mindset, a thinking pattern to believe something and discarding rest without due consideration and keep believing some ideology which is proved be a time-tested failure.

Well, that mindset stood for us. Protected us.

The mindset of a gujju, capitalism, is our sworn enemy.

I understand where you are coming from.

But India is not Gujarat.

India is a socialist republic. Of poor people. Who need to be protected from greedy Gujju oligarchs.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Cool.

Give me the Indian state wise Pragya rankings.

It is rare and not surveyed like IQ which is easy to survey by a BS questionary. When I was in school, I attended one IQ test and scored very high rank. However. I remained a by and large a failure in practical life.

 

[Vsdoc]

It is rare and not surveyed like IQ which is easy to survey by a BS questionary. When I was in school, I attended one IQ test and scored very high rank. However. I remained a by and large a failure in practical life.

Bhai, wake me up when your superior system has a ranking.

I am a western medicine practitioner. I'm reasonably open minded.

But I need to see evidence and answers to my questions and data.

Not tall claims of superiority backed by nothing.