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Universal principle, or Purusha, is that which is unchanging ( aksara) [1] and is uncaused. Puruṣa is the transcendental self or pure consciousness. It is absolute, independent, free, imperceptible, unknowable through other agencies, above any experience by mind or senses and beyond any words or explanations.
Samkhya. prakriti. purusha, in Indian philosophy, and particularly in the dualistic system ( darshan) of Samkhya, the eternal, authentic spirit. In Samkhya and also in Yoga, purusha (male) is opposed to prakriti (female), the basic matter constituting the phenomenal universe, as the two ontological realities.
Purusha Suktam - The Purusha Suktam gives a description of the spiritual unity of the universe. It presents the nature of Purusha, or the cosmic being, as both immanent in the manifested world and yet transcendent to - In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation and Meaning. Commentary for selected Shlokams.
Purushartha ( Sanskrit: पुरुषार्थ, IAST: Puruṣārtha) literally means "object (ive) of men". [1] It is a key concept in Hinduism, and refers to the four proper goals or aims of a human life. The four puruṣārthas are Dharma (righteousness, moral values), Artha (prosperity, economic values), Kama (pleasure, love ...
4. Pur-usha, the dawn in the city; He who is filled with light; 5. Puru-sha – filled with wisdom and eternal happiness; citizen of Heaven. Purusha with its three kaleidoscopic syllables, pu-ru-sha, keeps unfolding in a never-ending play, the image of the creation like a musical theme developed by a skillful musician.
Prakṛtiṁ puruṣaṁ caiva viddhyanādī ubhāvapi, vikārāṁś ca guṇāṁś caiva viddhi prakṛtisambhavān (13.19). The literal translation of this verse is: Know that prakriti and purusha are beginningless, and their modifications and their qualities originate, manifest, from prakriti.
The positive principle of the universe. (1) Purusha refers to transcendent God or father or supreme Spirit beyond all creation. (2) While the term may convey the abstract and immaterial laws that govern the universe, the word purusha also means the omnipresent and indestructible cosmic person.
