Guna behavioral quality of the five elements : a peculiarity, attribute, characteristic, or property An ingredient or constituent of Pra-kriti: Sattva - Rajasa - Tamasa various philosophical systems have three, or 24, guna wikipedia: Guna |
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disambiguation: Gana vs Guna |
Guna = three essential qualities of pra-kriti = being-ness = "tri-guna" = rajas,
tamas,
sattvas
Gana = three loka (levels, locations) of the psychic world = devya, manushya, raksashya |
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from the H. Daniel Smith Collection of Indian Art at Syracuse University |
from the ~~ Koeln Digital Sanskrit Lexicon www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de Gunam =
1. ether has zabda= sound for its Guna and the ear for its organ 2. The air has tangibility and sound for its Gunas and the skin for its organ 3. fire or light has shape or colour, tangibility, and sound for its Gunas, and the eyes for its organs 4. water has flavour, shape, tangibility, and sound for its Gunas, and the tongue for its organ 5. earth has the preceding Gunas,
with the addition of its own peculiar Guna of smell,
and the nose for its organ
An ingredient or constituent of Prakriti,
in Nyaya philosophy, twenty-four Gunas are enumerated, viz. 1. rUpa = shape, colour 2. rasa = savour 3. gandha = odour 4. sparza = tangibility 5. saMkhyA = number 6. parimANa = dimension 7. pRthaktv A = severalty 8. saMyoga = conjunction 9. vibhAga = disjunction 10. paratva = remoteness 11. Aparatva = proximity 12. gurutva = weighi 13. dravatva = fluidity 14. sneha = viscidity 15. zabda = sound 16. buddhi or jJAna = understanding or knowledge 17. sukha = pleasure 18. duHkha = pain 19. icchA = desire 20. dveSa = aversion 21. prayatna = effori 22. dharma = merit or virtue 23. Adharma = demerii 24. saMskAra = the self-reproductive quality |
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" being, existence, entity, reality
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" coloured or dim space"
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compare to Latin timira (frightened) temere} |
" darkness, gloom
mental darkness, ignorance , illusion, error
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tamas | that dull feeling, as if you'd just been buried in the earth (Pema Chodron) | |
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