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PURUSHA (1)
f Unmanifest, i. e,, the state of equilibrium (2)
Ľ Modified by sattva
1
r
5 Senses (6-10) (5)
METAPHYSICS
Air
(22)
PRAKRITI
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Manas (5 Kinds of Motor functions (11-15)
Mahat Mahat (3) I
Ahamkara (4) 1
T
Sound (16) Touch (17) Colour or form (18) Flavour (19) Smell (20) 1
1 Fire
} Earth
Ether
(21)
(25)
(23)
Modified by tamas
water
(24)
You have in this table the principles as well as the order of their appearance, beginning with mahat (No. 3), as the first two are eternal. According to Kapila, the purusha principle is merely a spectator, neither an actor nor an enjoyer (bhogta) of the fruits of action. All changes, therefore, appertain to the spectacle, which is, consequent. ly, conceived to be characterised by intelligence (sattva), in addition to movement (rajas) and rest (tamas). The equilibrium of these essential attributes, sattva, rajas, and tamas, is taken to mean the cessation of the spectacle, so that there is nothing which a purusha can then perceive. When this equilibrium is again disturbed after some time, in obedience to some unknown heartbeat of nature, the curtain is rung up again, and the
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