Pradhana definitions

Pradhana

1) Hindu philosophical concept
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Pradhana

Pradhāna (Sanskrit: प्रधान) is an adjective meaning – most important, prime, chief or major. The Shatapatha Brahmana (शतपथ ब्राह्मण) gives its meaning as – `the chief cause of the material nature` (S.B.7.15.27) or `the creative principle of nature` (S.B.10.85.3). The Samkhya School of Indian philosophy ...
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Pradhana

the unmanifest stage of matter (prakriti).
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