(`principal`), in the Skhya school of Indian philosophy, material nature in its germinal state, eternal and beyond perception. Prakriti, when it ... [6 related articles] Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/105
(in Sankhya philosophy) primal matter or substance from which the physical and mental universe evolves under the influence of purusha. Cf. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/prakriti