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Prakriti (Sanskrit: प्रकृति IAST: Prakṛti) is "the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance". [1] It is a key concept in Hinduism, formulated by its Sāṅkhya school, where it does not refer to matter or nature, but "includes all the cognitive, moral, psychological, emotional, sensorial and physical aspects of reality", stressing ...
Avyakta, meaning "not 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, which is the subtlest of all and who by virtue of that subtlety is the ultimate support of Prakrti. [1]
According to this theory, the manifested effect is pre-existent in the cause; and the original material cause of everything that is perceived is Prakriti. When Prakriti is not in proximity with immutable Purusha, the conscious ability (chiti-shakti), the three modes (gunas-sattva, rajas and tamas) of prakriti are in equipoise and prakriti is an ...
A living being is a union of Prakriti and Purusha, posits Samkhya-karika in verses 20-21. [57] The Prakriti as the insentient evolute, joins with Purusha which is sentient consciousness. [57] [58] The Karika states that the purpose of this union of Prakriti and Purusha, creating the reality of the observed universe, is to actualize a two-fold ...
In Samkhya, pradhāna (Sanskrit: प्रधान) is the "primal matter," "the first principle from which all material things have evolved. [1] It is an alternate term for prakriti ('material nature' and material desires) in a state of equilibrium of the three gunas – sattva, rajas and tamas, the three modes of prakrti.
Prakriti Kakar [126] 238 "Tera Yaar Hoon Main" Rochak Kohli: 3 Storeys: 239 "Bas Tu Hai" Clinton Cerejo: Puneet Krishna Jonita Gandhi [citation needed] Dil Juunglee: 240 "Bandeya" Shaarib-Toshi: Dr. Devendra Kafir [127] Hichki: 241 "Khol De Par" Jasleen Royal: Raj Shekhar [128] 102 Not Out: 242 "Bachche Ki Jaan" Salim–Sulaiman: Hiral ...
Pralaya also refers to Nityapralaya, the continuous destruction of all animate and inanimate beings that occurs on a daily basis, Prakritapralaya, the great flood produced by Prakriti (Nature) that ends all of creation after the completion of 1,000 Chaturyuga (four-age) cycles, and Atyantikapralaya, the dissolution of one's Atman (Self) due to ...
Mahadevi (Sanskrit: महादेवी, IAST: Mahādevī, IPA: /mɐɦɑd̪eʋiː/), also referred to as Adi Parashakti and Jagat Janani (mother of universe), [3] is the supreme goddess in Hinduism.