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Purusha
Conscious spirit, the knower paired with prakriti.
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Purusha is the conscious principle. The Gita's Sankhya and Vedanta strands treat purusha as the witness Self, and the supreme Purusha as the Lord.
Primary sources
- Bhagavad Gita · ch. 8
- Bhagavad Gita · ch. 13
- Bhagavad Gita · ch. 15
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