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is calied the rootless Root
AN EPİTOME OF JAINISM.
Of these four principal categories, the first
is that which is simply Prakriti or Evolvent, The reason why Prakriti denoting in itself the equilibrium of the
gunas-powers or forces. Being itself not derived from anything else as its root (cause), it is called the Rootless (causeless). Evolvent (Haarfa) of everything else, excepting the Psyché or Purush which is neither evolvent nor evolute. Moreover if we were to look again for a separate root for this Rootless-Evolvent (causeless cause) we should have, say the Sânkhyas, regressus ad infinitum unwarranted by all manner of evidence. Prakriti, therefore, is the First Category
DEVELOPEMENT OF CATEGORIES.
Now the state of equilibrium of several - forces is that state in which any one of those forces exactly nutralizes the effects of all other. And the disturbance of the same would mean that state in which some force (or forces) produces its own effects though modified to some extent by the presence of others.
But the state of equilibrium of the three gunas, the Ultimate Imperceptible Cause,
librium of Forces.
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