A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Prakrti
This page describes Prakrti which is located on page 534 of the second 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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Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) [by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat]
Verse 18.40: “There exists not on the earth, nor again in the Heaven amongst the Gods, an entity which can be exempt from these three Guna-constituents that are born of the Prakrti (Primal Matter). (813) Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar: Therefore, there is not a single thing, either in the heaven or on this earth, that is not fettered by the three Guna-constituents such as Sattva and others, born of the Prakriti (Primal Matter), in the way there cannot be a blanket without wool, or lump...
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Contribution of Vachaspati-Mishra to Samkhya System [by Sasikumar. B]
He has given an illustration to show how Prakriti once separated from a Purusha does not turn to the same Purusha again. A person who is desirous of food takes up the cooking of food. Once that desire is accomplished, the person turns away from it and does not proceed towards it. Similarly Prakrti proceeds to release the Purusha and does not turn to that emancipated Purusha again. When it is said that Prakriti acts for another s purpose, it implies that Prakriti should be intelligent (cetana)....
Read full contents: Chapter 2.3 - Vacaspati Mishra—Work on Sankhya
The validity of Anumana (inference) in Nyaya system [by Babu C. D]
Prakriti alone is the final source of this world of objects which is implicitly and potentially contained in its bosom. As a philosophy of ‘number , it might have influenced the Pythagorean philosophy. Sankhya thus maintains a clear cut dualism between purusha and prakriti and further maintain the plurality of the purushas. The system is predominantly intellect and theoretical. According to Sankhya right knowledge means the knowledge of separation of the purusha from the prakrti....
Read full contents: Chapter 2.1 - Pramanas in Sankhya Philosophy
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