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Prakriti (Sanskrit: प्रकृति IAST:
Prakṛti) is "the
original or
natural form or
condition of anything,
original or
primary substance". It is a key concept...
- of two
independent principles, Puruṣa ('consciousness' or spirit) and
Prakṛti (nature or matter,
including the
human mind and emotions). Puruṣa is the...
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language (
prakṛti)
which is Sanskrit. Thus the name prākṛta
indicates that they
depend on
Sanskrit for
their origin and are not
themselves the
prakṛti (or originary...
- realities:
Purusha and
Prakrti. It is
therefore a
strongly dualist philosophy. The
Purusha is the
centre of consciousness,
whereas the
Prakrti is the
source of...
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which is "nonactive, unchanging, eternal, and pure".
Purusha uniting with
Prakṛti (matter)
gives rise to life. In
Kashmir Shaivism,
Purusha is enveloped...
- manifest", "devoid of form" etc., is the word
ordinarily used to
denote Prakrti on
account of
subtleness of its
nature and is also used to
denote Brahman...
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projected as an
embodiment of
three important principles — "śakti (energy),
prakṛti (primordial or
primary matter) and māyā (illusion)". In the
puranic era...
- and it has
three variations – the Satkarya-vada of the Samkhyas, the
Prakrti Parinama-vada of the
Saiva Siddhanta and the Brahma-Parinama-vada of the...
- The
Samkhya school of philosophy,
which follows Prakṛti Parinama-vada (doctrine of the
transformation of
objective nature),
describes the origination...
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Prithvi (Sanskrit: पृथ्वी, Pṛthvī, also पृथिवी, Pṛthivī, "the Vast One", also
rendered Pṛthvī Mātā), is the
Sanskrit name for the earth, as well as the...
