The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1862 page)
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, the two are radically different.
Prat
tya-samutp
da
(the causal nexus of interconnected appearance):
tya-samutpda(the causal nexus of interconnected appearance):
Praty
h
ra
hra(Skt., ‘withdrawal’).
1
In Hinduism, sense-withdrawal, the fifth ‘limb’ of ‘eight-limbed’ (
a
a
ga
) or
r
ja
yoga, referring to the contraction of consciousness from the external world and senses, as a tortoise contracts its limbs.
2
A technical sense in Sanskrit grammar meaning the compression to one syllable of a series of letters or affixes, by combining the initial letter with the final.
1
In Hinduism, sense-withdrawal, the fifth ‘limb’ of ‘eight-limbed’ (
a
aga) or
r
jayoga, referring to the contraction of consciousness from the external world and senses, as a tortoise contracts its limbs.
2
A technical sense in Sanskrit grammar meaning the compression to one syllable of a series of letters or affixes, by combining the initial letter with the final.
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