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svabhava

स्वभाव svabhava

Inherent nature; one of the rival causes of things weighed in Svetashvatara Upanishad 1.2.

Where this term appears

  • Fate or freedom Treatise

    At 1.2, it asks whether the cause of things is kala , time; or svabhava , inherent nature; or niyati , necessity; or yadrccha , chance; or the bhutas , the material elements; or the purusha , the conscious self…

  • Is manifestation the same as Hindu sankalpa? Journal

    It is meant to sit inside your duties and your circumstances, aligned with dharma , the right ordering of life, and with your svabhava , your own particular nature.

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