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THE SANKHYA PHILOSOPHY.
sation of the gunas.
Evolvent are (i) Satva (Ha) or Passivity, (ii) Rajas (198) or Activity, and (iii) Tamas Characteri (aap) or Inertia.
(1) Satva is the passive principle revealing itself at it does in receptivity, quickness, lightness, luminousity and transperency of things. It is by the virtue of this principle that things are capable of being worked upon or that they become intelligible or they are conducive to pleasure (re).
(II) Rajas is the active principle which is not only mobile by its very nature but which also galvanizes both the Satva and Tamas into functional activities of their own. Revealing itself as it does in striving, it is contributive to pain or misery (z:e).
(III) Tamas is the principle of inertness or inertia which retards motion and growth. It is this principle of inertia that not only deludes us but obscures as well the real nature of things or adds to their weight (ATEIHE 14-71ta).
CORRFLATIVITY OF THE GUNAS. Now these gunas–Satva, Rajas, and Tamas, are characterised by their essential correlativity so much so that they are
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