Epic Civilisation

Question 1

अविद्या

Avidyā

Answer 1

Ignorance.

The belief that the māyā is the true reality.

Question 2

ब्रह्मन्

Brahman

Answer 2

The ultimate reality underlying all phenomena

Question 3

ज्ञान

Jñāna

Answer 3

True knowledge.

The knowledge that Brahman is reality.

Question 4

संसार

Saṃsāra

Answer 4

Transmigration.

The process of continual rebirth.

Question 5

स्थिति

Sthiti

Answer 5

Sustenance. Presided over by sattva.

Question 6

माया

Māyā

Answer 6

The illusion that makes the universe seem to be here.

Question 7

रजस्

Rajas

Answer 7

The quality of activity and passion

Question 8

प्रलय

Pralaya

Answer 8

Dissolution. Presided over by tamas.

Question 9

गुणा:

Guṇāḥ

Answer 9

The three constituents of the universe.

Question 10

अात्मन्

Ātman

Answer 10

The self.

The self in all.

Question 11

प्रकृति

Prakṛti

Answer 11

Primal nature, where everything is in seed or casual form, which can reflect Puruṣa. Also know as avyaktva(अव्यक्त)

Question 12

अव्यक्त्व

Avyaktva

Answer 12

Unmanifest nature.

Question 13

तमस्

Tamas

Answer 13

The quality of dullness and inertia

Question 14

मोक्ष

Mokṣa

Answer 14

Liberation from bondage in Saṃsāra (संसार)

Question 15

परुष

Puruṣa

Answer 15

Spirit, whose reflection is Prakṛti

Question 16

संस्कार

Saṃskāra

Answer 16

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

Question 17

कर्मन्

Karman

Answer 17

The principle that actions create an effect in the future.

Question 18

सत्त्व

Sattva

Answer 18

The quality of purity, intelligence, brightness

Question 19

सृष्टि

Sṛṣṭi

Answer 19

Creation. Presided over by rajas.