[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.900 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.900 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.900 - **Language:** English ### [c5.900](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.900) DIKṢĀ. Dikṣā is the vrata that expels sin and increases Jñāna (wisdom). Those who are to be blessed fall into three categories. The person who belongs to the first category is called Vijñānakala; the second is Pralayakala; and the third is Sakala. Vijñānakala is free from sin alone. Pralayakala is free from sins and Karmans. Sakala has everything from Kalā to the earth. The Dikṣās to be practised by the three classes of persons are of different kinds. Dikṣā is classified into two: “Nirādhāra and Sādhāra. - [Previous: c5.899](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.899) - [Next: c5.901](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.901) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.900](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.900) · Pramāṇa