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Purusha (Sanskrit: पुरुष, [pʊɾʊʂᵊ], IAST:
Puruṣa) is a
complex concept whose meaning evolved in
Vedic and
Upanishadic times.
Depending on
source and historical...
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independent principles,
Puruṣa ('consciousness' or spirit) and Prakṛti (nature or matter,
including the
human mind and emotions).
Puruṣa is the witness-consciousness...
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traditionally called Utkaliya Vaishnavism,
which sees God as the "Sunya
Purusa" and the
nature of the soul as
being able to
merge into the Absolute. Some...
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Whereas the
purusa (spirit, or true self) of the
yogin is
bound to the
prakriti – the
material body
subject to
karmas and kleshas, the
special purusa called...
- Akasha, Vayu, Agni, Jala, Pruthvi. Prakriti, in this school,
contrasts with
Puruṣa,
which is pure
awareness and
metaphysical consciousness. The term is also...
- kaivalya,
discernment of
Puruṣa, the witness-conscious, as
separate from Prakṛti, the
cognitive apparatus, and
disentanglement of
Puruṣa from its
muddled defilements...
- of two realities:
Puruṣa (witness-consciousness) and Prakṛti (nature). Jiva (a
living being) is
considered as a
state in
which puruṣa is
bonded to Prakṛti...
- five
handfuls of
their hair at initiation. Śvetāmbara text Trisasti-salaka-
purusa-caritra
mentions Rishabhanatha tore only four
handfuls of his hair. Just...
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cherished under Hinduism. It is a link
between man, deities, and the
Universal Puruṣa in a
sacred space. It
represents the triple-knowledge (trayi-vidya) of the...
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ambulatory for the
devotee to walk
around and
ritually cir****ambulate the
Purusa (Brahman), the
universal essence.
Traditionally the life of a
Hindu is divided...
