The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1435 page)
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Mah
nya
nya(Skt., ‘great’ + ‘emptiness’). Hindu
ved
nta
understanding of the complete emptying of duality when it is realized that there are no self-subsistent objects to create a dual relationship, e.g. of seer and seen. Cf. also the Buddhist development of
nyat
.
ved
ntaunderstanding of the complete emptying of duality when it is realized that there are no self-subsistent objects to create a dual relationship, e.g. of seer and seen. Cf. also the Buddhist development of
nyat.Mahat
(Skt., ‘the great one’). In
S
khya
(and other non-theistic) philosophy, the first evolution of
m
laprak
ti
, synonymous with
buddhi
(‘intellect’). Mahat contains all individual buddhis and all potential matter of the gross universe in its cosmic extent as the first manifest principle (
tattva
). Mahat in turn produces
aha
k
ra
, the ego principle.
S
khya(and other non-theistic) philosophy, the first evolution of
m
laprakti, synonymous with
buddhi
(‘intellect’). Mahat contains all individual buddhis and all potential matter of the gross universe in its cosmic extent as the first manifest principle (
tattva
). Mahat in turn produces
aha
kra, the ego principle.
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