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Definition: Subtle; relating to extremely fine or refined states, objects, or processes beyond ordinary perception.

Insights: Sukshma refers to the subtle aspects of reality. Yoga progresses from gross to subtle mastery, culminating in the perception of the most refined layers of mind and existence.

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1.44

etayaiva savicārā nirvicārā ca sÅ«kį¹£maviį¹£ayā vyākhyātā

Importance: 7/10

By this, savicārā and nirvicārā samāpatti, and even subtler states, are explained.

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2.19

viśeį¹£Äviśeį¹£aliį¹…gamātrāliį¹…gāni guį¹‡aparvāį¹‡i

Importance: 8/10

The stages of the guį¹‡as are the particularized, the unparticularized, the mark-only, and the unmarked.

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