Epic Civ 1

Question 1

brahman

Answer 1

The ultimate relity underlying all phenomena.

Question 2

ātman

Answer 2

The self. The one Self in all.

Question 3

māyā

Answer 3

The illusion that makes the universe seem to be here.

Question 4

avidyā

Answer 4

Ignorance. The belief that the māyā is the true reality.

Question 5

jñāna

Answer 5

True knowledge. The knowledge that brahman is reality.

Question 6

karman

Answer 6

The principle that actions create an effect in the future.

Question 7

saṃskāra

Answer 7

Traces or deposits from past actions that create conditions for rebirth.

Question 8

saṃsāra

Answer 8

Transmigration. The process of continual rebirth.

Question 9

mokṣa

Answer 9

Liberation from bondage in saṃsāra.

Question 10

avyakta

Answer 10

Unmanifest nature.

Question 11

puruṣa

Answer 11

Spirit, whose reflection is prakṛti.

Question 12

prakṛti

Answer 12

Primal nature, where everything is stored in seed or causal form, which can be thought of as reflection of puruṣa. Also known as avyakta.

Question 13

guṇāḥ

Answer 13

The three consistuents of the universe, namely: sattva, rajas and tamas

Question 14

rajas

Answer 14

The quality of activity and passion

Question 15

tamas

Answer 15

The quality of dullness and inertia

Question 16

sattva

Answer 16

The quality of purity, intelligence and brightness

Question 17

sṛṣṭi

Answer 17

Creation. Presided over by rajas.

Question 18

sthiti

Answer 18

Sustenance. Presided over by sattva.

Question 19

pralaya

Answer 19

Dissolution. Presided over by tamas.