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viveka
(viveka)
(Language: Sanskrit)
Alternate Spellings:
Short Description:
Discrimination, distinction.
Long Description:
"Discrimination, distinction;" in
Sāṃkhya
, the direct, intuitive discrimination of Purusha (
Puruṣa
) from Prakriti (
Prakṛti
); in
Advaita Vedānta
, the distinction between what is eternal and what is non-eternal,
Ātmā
and
Māyā
.
Example(s):
Source(s):
The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity
,
by
Frithjof Schuon
, edited by
Dr. James S. Cutsinger
Notes & References:
Related Terms:
sadhana-catushtaya
Provided By: Dictionary of Spiritual Terms