A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Avyakta
This page describes Avyakta which is located on page 223 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Avyakta” according to 84 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya) [by Swami Vireshwarananda]
Liberation, according to the Sankhyas, results when the difference between the Purusha and the Avyakta (Prakriti) is known. Hence the Avyakta, with them, is to be known. But here there is no question of knowing the Avyakta, and as such it cannot be the Pradhana of the Sankhyas. Brahma-Sutra 1.4.5: Sanskrit text and English translation. वदतीति चेत्, न, प्राज्ञो हि प्रकरणात् ॥ ५ ॥...
Read full contents: Chapter I, Section IV, Adhikarana I
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) [by George Thibaut]
--Now in the passage under discussion the avyakta is not mentioned as an object of knowledge; we there meet with the mere word avyakta, and there is no sentence intimating that the avyakta is to be known or meditated upon. And it is impossible to maintain that a knowledge of things which (knowledge) is not taught in the text is of any advantage to man.--For this reason also we maintain that the word avyakta cannot denote the pradhana....
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The Shiva Purana [by J. L. Shastri]
The Mahat is enveloped by Avyakta. Thus the egg is enveloped by even coverings. 36. O excellent brahmins, eight Prakritis, the causes of creation, sustenance and destruction are stationed covering each of these. 37. Thus born of one another, the effects and their causes sustain one another supporting and being supported. 38. Just as the tortoise spreads its limbs first and then withdraws them, so the Avyakta creates the beings and then withdraws them. 39....
Read full contents: Chapter 10 - The description of creation (srishti) (1)
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