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Pratyaya
Definition: The mental content or seed that underlies a particular state of consciousness, especially in meditation.
Insights: Pratyaya is the subtle mental impression or content supporting a state of consciousness, particularly in deep meditation. As practice deepens, pratyaya becomes increasingly refined, eventually dissolving into pure awareness.
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1.42
tatra śabdārthajñānavikalpaiḥ saṅkīrṇā savitarkā samāpattiḥ
Savitarkā samāpatti is absorption in which word, meaning, and knowledge are intermixed.
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1.43
smṛtipariśuddhau svarūpaśūnyevārthamātranirbhāsā nirvitarkā
Nirvitarkā samāpatti arises when memory is purified and only the object shines forth, as if the mind is absent.
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1.44
etayaiva savicārā nirvicārā ca sūkṣmaviṣayā vyākhyātā
By this, savicārā and nirvicārā samāpatti, and even subtler states, are explained.
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1.45
sūkṣmaviṣayatvaṁ cāliṅgaparyavasānam
The domain of subtle objects extends up to the unmanifest (Prakṛti).
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1.46
tā eva sabījaḥ samādhiḥ
These are samādhi with seed (sabīja samādhi).
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1.47
nirvicāravaiśāradye'dhyātmaprasādaḥ
Upon attaining proficiency in nirvicārā samāpatti, clarity of the inner Self arises.
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1.48
ṛtaṁbharā tatra prajñā
In that state, wisdom is truth-bearing (ṛtaṁbharā).
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1.49
śrutānumānaprajñābhyāmanyaviṣayā viśeṣārthatvāt
This wisdom differs from that gained by hearing or inference, because its object is unique.
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1.50
tajjaḥ saṁskāro'nyasaṁskārapratibandhī
The latent impression born of this wisdom obstructs other latent impressions.
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1.51
tasyāpi nirodhe sarvanirodhānnirbījaḥ samādhiḥ
When even this is stilled, by the cessation of all, seedless samādhi (nirbīja samādhi) is attained.
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