The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1789 page)

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The Hindu Sa
khya teaching of evolution: effects exist latently within causes (since otherwise eventualities would be random and inconsistent in relation to similar causes); all that is required is the appropriate ‘trigger’ to release the latent effect. However, such latency may mean that the direction of unfolding (
udbh
va
) can run backwards with equal consistency (
anudbh
va
).
Parinirv
a
or parinibb
na
(passing into nirv
na at death):

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