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Definition: Primordial nature; the fundamental source of matter and energy from which the manifest universe emerges.

Insights: Prakrti is the primal, unconscious source of all matter and energy that gives rise to the manifest universe. Recognizing the distinction between prakrti (nature) and purusa (consciousness) is key to yogic insight.

Related Sutras

1.18

virāmapratyayābhyāsapūrvaḥ saṁskāraśeṣo 'nyaḥ

Importance: 8/10

The other (asamprajñāta samādhi) is preceded by practice of cessation, in which only latent impressions remain.

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2.18

prakāśakriyāsthitiśīlaṁ bhūtendriyātmakaṁ bhogāpavargārthaṁ dṛśyam

Importance: 8/10

The Seen has the nature of illumination, activity, and inertia; it consists of the elements and the sense organs; its purpose is to provide experience and liberation to the Seer.

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2.19

viśeṣāviśeṣaliṅgamātrāliṅgāni guṇaparvāṇi

Importance: 8/10

The stages of the guṇas are the particularized, the unparticularized, the mark-only, and the unmarked.

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