Pradhānatattva
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San Hyan Tattvajnana
The child of Māyātattva, characterized by forgetfulness (likened to sleep), which unites with the Divine Ātmā to produce citta and guṇa.
Therefore, by His will, the Divine *Ātmā* (soul/self) is brought to meet with Pradhānatattva.
Pradhānatattva is likened to a cart.
Now, as for Pradhānatattva, that serves as the body of the Divine *Ātmā*.
Vrhaspatitattva
The gross form of māyā, unconscious and void, source of the triguṇa and the cause of the ātmā's forgetfulness.
Then *māyātattva* is acted upon by the Lord’s power, and *pradhānatattva* emerges.
*pradhānatattva*, *triguṇatattva*, *buddhitattva*, *ahaṅkāratattva*, *bāhyendriyatattva*, *karmendriyatattva*, and *pañcamahābhūtatattva*.
The clay is the Unconscious Principle (*acetana*), for it has no awareness.