pradhana

The performance begins with a ‘pradhana dappu’ or the invocation during which the artists move slowly in circles.

Archive 2009-04-01 kesav 2009

The performance begins with a ‘pradhana dappu’ or the invocation during which the artists move slowly in circles.

Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2009

They are known collectively as primal matter (gtso-bo, Skt. pradhana) or natural matter (rang-bzhin, Skt. prakrti), which is counted as one of the 24.

Basic Tenets of the Samkhya and Yoga Schools of Indian Philosophy 2008

Each of the three qualities (existence, foulness and ignorance) of prakriti (the passive or material cause of the world) mixing with each of the three corresponding qualities of pradhana (the active or spiritual cause of the world) in various proportions produces the mundane order of things.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

_pradhana_ (the active or spiritual cause of the world) in various proportions produces the mundane order of things.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

An example of this mistaken view is the belief that suffering comes from a perturbation (rnam-‘gyur, Skt. vikara, transformation) of primal matter (gtso-bo, Skt. pradhana), as asserted by the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy.

The Sixteen Aspects and Sixteen Distorted Ways of Embracing the Four Noble Truths 2006