pradhāna (English spelling)

Japanese: pradhāna(英語表記)pradhana
pradhāna (English spelling)

…Without any action, its action is only the observation (darśana) of the material principle, which is also called prakṛti or pradhāna (self-nature), the only real, eternal, active, non-mental mass. The material principle is composed of three constituents, triguṇa (the three virtues).

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "pradhāna" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…活動することなく,その作用はただ物質的原理を観察(ダルシャナdarśana)するのみである。また物質的原理はプラクリティprakṛtiまたはプラダーナpradhāna(〈自性〉)と呼ばれ,唯一の実体であって,永遠で活動性をもち,非精神的な質量因である。物質的原理は三つの構成要素トリグナtriguṇa(〈三徳〉)から成る。…

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