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'''Prakriti''' (Skt. prakṛti; ([[wyl.]] ''gtso bo'') - 'primal substance', the fundamental nature of reality according to the [[Samkhya]] philosophy. It has six special features:
'''Prakriti''' (Skt. ''prakṛti''; Tib. [[གཙོ་བོ་]], ''tsowo'', [[Wyl.]] ''gtso bo'') - 'primal substance', the fundamental nature of reality according to the [[Samkhya]] philosophy. It has six special features:
 
#it is the producer of all modulations
#it is the producer of all modulations
#it is unborn and therefore permanent (or eternal)
#it is unborn and therefore permanent (or eternal)
#it is unitary (or single)
#it is unitary (or single)
#it is has no consciousness or thought and is only an object; it can not be a subject. It is the object of enjoyment of the person (''purusha'').
#it has no consciousness or thought and is only an object; it can not be a subject. It is the object of enjoyment of the person (''purusha'').
#it pervades all animate and inanimate objects.
#it pervades the whole animate and inanimate objects universe
#it is the equilibrium or balanced state of the [[three gunas|three qualities]].
#it is the equilibrium or balanced state of the [[three gunas|three qualities]].


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Latest revision as of 08:09, 19 February 2018

Prakriti (Skt. prakṛti; Tib. གཙོ་བོ་, tsowo, Wyl. gtso bo) - 'primal substance', the fundamental nature of reality according to the Samkhya philosophy. It has six special features:

  1. it is the producer of all modulations
  2. it is unborn and therefore permanent (or eternal)
  3. it is unitary (or single)
  4. it has no consciousness or thought and is only an object; it can not be a subject. It is the object of enjoyment of the person (purusha).
  5. it pervades the whole animate and inanimate objects universe
  6. it is the equilibrium or balanced state of the three qualities.

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