prakriti
प्रकृति prakṛtiPrimordial nature or matter, everything that can be observed, including the mind and emotions, which Samkhya counts as subtle matter rather than consciousness.
Where this term appears
- What is Ayurveda? Essentials
Ayurveda, literally 'the knowledge of life', is India's classical system of medicine, set out in three great Sanskrit compendia: the Charaka Samhita, the Sushruta…
- What is Samkhya? Philosophy
And, as we shall see, there is not one such witness but a great many. The second is prakriti , primordial nature.
- What Are the Yoga Sutras? Yoga
Prakriti is nature, the single creative substance out of which everything else unfolds, including the body, the senses and the mind itself.
- What is Yoga? Yoga
On the other, prakriti : nature, matter, everything that can be observed, including the mind and the emotions, which Samkhya counts as subtle matter, not as consciousness.
- Hindu cosmology: the fourteen worlds and the ages of the universe Essentials
The prākṛtika comes at the end of his whole life, when the entire egg is reabsorbed into prakṛti , unmanifest nature.
- The Antahkarana: The Fourfold Inner Instrument Essentials
…ness are both ultimately real: consciousness ( purusha ) and nature ( prakriti , of which the mind is the subtlest product) are two eternal principles, and liberation is their final separation.
- The Three Gunas (Sattva, Rajas, Tamas) Essentials
On the other stands prakriti , nature, everything that can be observed: not only rocks and rivers and bodies but also the mind, the intellect, and the sense of being a separate self, all of which Samkhya counts…
- What is Maya? The World as Appearance Essentials
…to use the word philosophically, gives the classic formula: know that prakriti , nature, is maya, and that the Great Lord is the mayin , the wielder of maya, the magician who spreads it forth.