अवधारणा

Tattvaतत्त्व

A category of reality. The number and ordering of tattvas differ between systems and should not be treated as one shared scheme.

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शाब्दिक अर्थ

Literally "thatness" or "principle" — from tat, "that". In philosophical use it denotes a constituent category of reality.

दार्शनिक अर्थ

पारंपरिक व्याख्या
Shaiva systems commonly enumerate thirty-six tattvas, extending the twenty-five of Samkhya upward to include categories the latter does not treat. The ordering is not a chronology and not a hierarchy of value; it describes degrees of manifestation.

Ksemaraja, Pratyabhijnahrdayam

संबंधित अवधारणाएँ

Because the count and content differ across traditions, a tattva named in one system may not correspond to the same category in another. Comparisons need the system stated alongside the term.

संबंधित