Pradhāna / Prakṛti
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pradhāna · prakṛti · the chief · nature · primordial nature
spoken of as
1 expressionPrakṛti / Pradhāna“the chief, Nature”1 mention
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana (Sanskrit)
rather, it is {{prakṛti|nature}} alone, having various substrates, that is so [bound, liberated, and transmigrating].
in the texts
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
Primordial, unconscious material nature (pradhāna/prakṛti), the equilibrium of the three constituents, sole cause of the manifest world and ultimate agent of all activity.
] "Liberation is the experience of eternal bliss.
Among them, {{pradhāna|primordial matter}} is cause only, never effect.
{{pradhāna|The chief}}, termed "unmanifest," is independent, all-pervading, and eternal;