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Guṇa is both a root and a word in Sanskrit. Its different context-driven meanings are derived from either the root or the word. In verse VI.36 of Nirukta by Yāska, a 1st millennium BC text on Sanskrit grammar and language that preceded Panini, Guṇa is declared to be derived from another root Gaṇa, [16] which means "to count, enumerate". [17]
Sattva (Sanskrit: सत्त्व, meaning goodness) is one of the three guṇas or "modes of existence" (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept understood by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. [1] [2] The other two qualities are rajas (passion and activity) and tamas (destruction, chaos).
Tamas (Sanskrit: तमस् tamas, lit. ' darkness ') is one of the three guṇas (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept developed by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. [1] The other two qualities are rajas (passion and activity) and sattva (purity, goodness).
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Guṇasthāna (Sanskrit: "levels of virtue") are the fourteen stages of spiritual development and growth through which a soul gradually passes before it attains moksha (liberation). [1] According to Jainism, it is a state of soul from a complete dependence on karma to the state of complete dissociation from it.
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Dravya (substance), an entity having guna and karma Guṇa (quality), the substrate of substance, devoid of action Karma (activity), transient and dynamic, i.e., upward movement, downward movement, contraction, expansion, and locomotion
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