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noun
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or
nature
,
which
are passion
(rajas),
dullness or inertia
(tamas),
and goodness or purity
(sattva).
Origin:
1860–65;
<
Sanskrit
guṇa
thread, quality
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