prakriti

noun

prak·​ri·​ti
ˈprəkrətē
plural -s
1
: unmanifested cosmic energy or potential matter that in Sankhya philosophy is constituted of the three gunas and that in contact with purusha produces a disequilibrium among the gunas which in turn results in the production of the manifested world
2
: the phenomenal world : matter, nature

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Sanskrit prakṛti

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