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Prakriti
Primordial nature, the field of the three gunas.
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Prakriti is material nature. In the Gita's Sankhya teaching, all action belongs to prakriti and its gunas; the Self is the witness.
Primary sources
- Bhagavad Gita · ch. 3
- Bhagavad Gita · ch. 7
- Bhagavad Gita · ch. 13
- Bhagavad Gita · ch. 14
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