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Prakrti or Prakriti (from Sanskrit language
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 ?????????, prak?ti) is, according to Vedanta
Vedanta

Vedanta is a spiritual tradition explained in the Upanishads that is concerned with the self-realisation by which one understands the ultimate nature of reality and teaches the believer's goal is to transcend the limitations of self-identity and realize one's unity with Brahman....
 philosophy, the basic matter of which the Universe
Universe

The universe is defined as everything that physically exists: the entirety of space and time, all forms of matter, energy and momentum, and the physical laws and physical constants that govern them....
 consists. It is composed of the three guna
Guna

The Sanskrit word has the basic meaning of "string" or "a single thread or strand of a cord or twine". In more abstract uses, it may mean "a subdivision, species, kind,quality" or an operational principle or tendency....
s or modes, known as tamas
Tamas (philosophy)

In Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism Tamas, or tamo-guna, is the lowest of the three gunas. It is a force which promotes one or more of the following: darkness, death, destruction, ignorance, Sloth, resistance....
 (ignorance), rajas
Rajas

In Samkhya philosophy, one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy, there are three operating principals that form the basis of manifest creation or Nature and they are called: sattva, rajas and tamas....
 (passion) and sattva
Sattva

In Hindu philosophy, sattva is the highest of the three gunas in Samkhya, sattvika "pure", rajas "dim", and tamas_ "dark"....
 (goodness).

It is described in Bhagavad Gita as an inferior type of energy to the living beings (jiva
Jiva

In Hinduism and Jainism, a jiva is a living being, or more specifically the immortal essence of a living being which survives physical death....
s), and to the Supreme Person (Paramatma or Bhagavan
Bhagavan

Bhagavan, also written Bhagwan or Bhagawan, from the Sanskrit nt-stem literally means "possessing fortune, blessed, prosperous" , and hence "illustrious, divine, venerable, holy", etc....
). It is closely associated with the concept of Maya within Vedic
Vedas

The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in History of India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest Hindu scripture of Hinduism....
 scripture.

Mula
Mula

There are several meanings for Mula:...
prakriti is a closer definition of 'basic matter;' plain Prakriti is also just classical earth
Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather...
 element, i.e.






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Prakrti or Prakriti (from Sanskrit language
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 ?????????, prak?ti) is, according to Vedanta
Vedanta

Vedanta is a spiritual tradition explained in the Upanishads that is concerned with the self-realisation by which one understands the ultimate nature of reality and teaches the believer's goal is to transcend the limitations of self-identity and realize one's unity with Brahman....
 philosophy, the basic matter of which the Universe
Universe

The universe is defined as everything that physically exists: the entirety of space and time, all forms of matter, energy and momentum, and the physical laws and physical constants that govern them....
 consists. It is composed of the three guna
Guna

The Sanskrit word has the basic meaning of "string" or "a single thread or strand of a cord or twine". In more abstract uses, it may mean "a subdivision, species, kind,quality" or an operational principle or tendency....
s or modes, known as tamas
Tamas (philosophy)

In Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism Tamas, or tamo-guna, is the lowest of the three gunas. It is a force which promotes one or more of the following: darkness, death, destruction, ignorance, Sloth, resistance....
 (ignorance), rajas
Rajas

In Samkhya philosophy, one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy, there are three operating principals that form the basis of manifest creation or Nature and they are called: sattva, rajas and tamas....
 (passion) and sattva
Sattva

In Hindu philosophy, sattva is the highest of the three gunas in Samkhya, sattvika "pure", rajas "dim", and tamas_ "dark"....
 (goodness).

It is described in Bhagavad Gita as an inferior type of energy to the living beings (jiva
Jiva

In Hinduism and Jainism, a jiva is a living being, or more specifically the immortal essence of a living being which survives physical death....
s), and to the Supreme Person (Paramatma or Bhagavan
Bhagavan

Bhagavan, also written Bhagwan or Bhagawan, from the Sanskrit nt-stem literally means "possessing fortune, blessed, prosperous" , and hence "illustrious, divine, venerable, holy", etc....
). It is closely associated with the concept of Maya within Vedic
Vedas

The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in History of India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest Hindu scripture of Hinduism....
 scripture.

Mula
Mula

There are several meanings for Mula:...
prakriti is a closer definition of 'basic matter;' plain Prakriti is also just classical earth
Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather...
 element, i.e. solid matter; Mulaprakriti includes any and all classical elements, including any considered not discovered yet (some tattvas.)

Devi
Devi

Devi is the Sanskrit word for Goddess, used mostly in Hinduism. Devi is synonymous with Shakti, the female aspect of the divine, as conceptualized by the Shakta tradition of Hinduism....
 Prakriti Shakti
Shakti

Shakti, from Sanskrit shak - "to be able," meaning sacred force or empowerment, is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that move through the entire universe....
 in the context of Shaktis as forces unifies Kundalini
Kundalini

Kundalini Sanskrit, literally "coiled". In Indian yoga, a "corporeal energy" - an unconscious, instinctive or libidinal force or Shakti, envisioned either as a goddess or else as a sleeping serpent coiled at the base of the spine, hence a number of English renderings of the term such as 'serpent power'....
, Kriya
Kriya

Kriya most commonly refers to a technique or practice within a yoga discipline, also the outward physical manifestations of awakened kundalini....
, Itcha
Itcha shakti

Itcha shakti in Hinduism is willpower "Its most ordinary manifestation is the generation of certain nerve currents which set in motion such muscles as are required for the accomplishment of the desired object"....
, Para
Pará

Par? is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the northern part of the country.Neighboring states are Amap?, Maranh?o, Tocantins , Mato Grosso, Amazonas, Brazil and Roraima....
, Jnana
Jnana

J?ana or g?ana is the Sanskrit term for knowledge or philosophy.In Buddhism, it refers to pure awareness that is free of conceptual encumbrances, and is contrasted with vijnana, which is a moment of 'divided knowing'....
, Mantrika
Mantrika shakti

Mantrika Shakti in Hinduism is "the force or power of letters, speech, or music," i.e. Word "Mantrika" refers to mantras but may mean something besides a Shakti.....
 Shaktis. Each is in a chakra
Chakra

Chakra is a Sanskrit word that translates as wheel or disc.Chakra is a concept referring to wheel-like vortices which, according to traditional Indian medicine, are believed to exist in the surface of the etheric double of man....
.

Prakriti also means nature. Nature can be described as environment. It can also be used to denote the 'feminine' in sense of the 'male' being the purusha
Purusha

In Hinduism, Purusha is the "Atman " which pervades the universe. The Vedas deity are considered to be the human mind's interpretation of the many facets of Purusha....
.

According to ayurveda
Ayurveda

Ayurveda is a system of traditional medicine native to India, and practiced in other parts of the world as a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, the word Ayurveda comprises the words , meaning 'life' and , meaning 'science'....
 our body is made up of three doshas kapha, pitta
Pitta

Pitta may stand for:*Pitta , a genus of tropical birds*Pitta , an island in the Dodecanese archipelago, in the Aegean Sea*Pitta is one of the three dosha It corresponds to fire...
, vayu
Vayu

In Hinduism Vayu is a primary deity, the father of Bhima and the spiritual father of Lord Hanuman. He is also known as Vata ???, Pavana ??? , or Prana....
. The balance or imbalance of these doshas defines the prakriti of our body (besides Devi Prakriti in sahasrara
Sahasrara

Sahasrara is the seventh primary chakra according to Hindu tradition....
 chakra.)

See also

  • Bhagavad Gita
    Bhagavad Gita

    The Bhagavad Gita is an important Sanskrit Hindu scripture. It is revered as a sacred scripture of Hinduism, and considered as one of the most important religious classics of the world....
  • Dvaita
    Dvaita

    Dvaita is a dualist school of Vedanta Hindu philosophy. The Sanskrit word dvaita means "dualism". This school was established as a new development in the Vedanta exegetical tradition in the thirteenth century CE with the south Indian Vaishnavism theologian Madhvacharya, who wrote commentaries on a number of Hindu scriptures....
  • Sankhya
  • Hinduism
    Hinduism

    'Hinduism' is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as , a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal dharma", by its practitioners....


External links

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