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'''[[Prakriti]]''' (Skt. ''[[prakṛti]]''; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གཙོ་བོ་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[gtso bo]]'') - 'primal [[substance]]', the fundamental [[nature]] of [[reality]] according to the [[Samkhya]] [[philosophy]]. It has six special features: | '''[[Prakriti]]''' (Skt. ''[[prakṛti]]''; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གཙོ་བོ་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[gtso bo]]'') - 'primal [[substance]]', the fundamental [[nature]] of [[reality]] according to the [[Samkhya]] [[philosophy]]. It has six special features: | ||
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Prakriti (Skt. prakṛti; Tib. གཙོ་བོ་, Wyl. gtso bo) - 'primal substance', the fundamental nature of reality according to the Samkhya philosophy. It has six special features:
- it is the producer of all modulations
- it is unborn and therefore permanent (or eternal)
- it is unitary (or single)
- it has no consciousness or thought and is only an object; it can not be a subject. It is the object of enjoyment of the person (purusha).
- it pervades the whole animate and inanimate objects universe
- it is the equilibrium or balanced state of the three qualities.
- cf. Purusha
