The corpus record — Sanskrit
(in the Sāṃkhya phil. ) the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world (consisting of 3 constituent essences or Guṇa s called sattva, rajas and tamas), Nature (distinguished from puruṣa, Spirit as Māyā is d˚ from Brahman in the Vedānta s)
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1. prakṛti
(in the Sāṃkhya phil. ) the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world (consisting of 3 constituent essences or Guṇa s called sattva, rajas and tamas), Nature (distinguished from puruṣa, Spirit as Māyā is d˚ from Brahman in the Vedānta s)
2. prakṛti
(in mythol. ) a goddess, the personified will of the Supreme in the creation (hence the same with the Śakti or personified energy or wife of a deity, as Lakṣmī , Durgā &c.; also considered as identical with the Supreme Being), W. ; IW. 140 ; RTL. 223
3. prakṛti
the various sovereigns to be considered in case of war ( viz. the madhyama, vijigīṣu, udāsīna and śatru; to which should be added 8 remoter princes, viz. the mitra, arimitra, mitramitra, arimitramitra, pārṣṇigrāha, ākranda, pArzRigrAhA sAra , AkrandA sAra ; each of these 12 kings has 5 Prakṛti s in
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