Twenty-five principles
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Twenty-five principles (Wyl. shes bya nyer lnga) — categories into which the followers of the non-Buddhist Samkhya school divide all phenomena.
- self (Wyl. bdag; Skt. purusha)
- most subtle potentiality (Wyl. gtso bo; Skt. prakriti)
- pure potentiality (Wyl. chen po; Skt. mahat)
- ego/I-principle (Wyl. nga rgyal; Skt. ahamkara)