Kaivalya
“isolation / liberation of puruṣa”
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kaivalya · isolation · liberation · absolute isolation
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Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
The isolation (kaivalya) of puruṣa from prakṛti through discriminative knowledge, distinguished from any positive experience of bliss.
From correct knowledge whose sphere is the twenty-five principles, the {{kaivalya|isolation}} of the puruṣa comes about.
And so {{pradhāna|the chief}}, having brought about the liberation of the puruṣa, desists.
" The attainment of bliss is a secondary liberation that occurs in the world of brahman;
Sāṃkhyakārikā
The state of absolute and final isolation of puruṣa from prakṛti, the ultimate soteriological goal of the system.
When the separation from the body is attained, and prakṛti / pradhāna / mūlaprakṛti (the primary nature) ceases, its purpose having been fulfilled, [the self] attains kaivalya (isolation) that is both absolute and final.
For the puruṣa (self)'s sake of seeing [nature] and for prakṛti / pradhāna / mūlaprakṛti (the primary nature)'s sake of [bringing about the self's] kaivalya (isolation), the conjunction of the two [occurs] — as of a lame man and a blind man;
and because activity tends toward kaivalya (isolation) — [therefore] the puruṣa (self) exists.
Gaṇapatitattva
The state of absolute isolation/liberation attained by the purified Self.
At the moment of its dissolution, the sacred Self is liberated into *kaivalya*.
Liberated is *kaivalya*, without fault.
] leads the liberated to supreme *kaivalya*.