prakrti (prakṛti ; प्रकृति)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Alternate Spellings: prakriti

Short Description: In Hinduism, literally, “making first” ; the fundamental, “feminine” substance or material cause of all things

Long Description: In Hinduism, literally, “making first” (see materia prima); the fundamental, “feminine” substance or material cause of all things; see guna, Purusha.

Sources: Light on the Ancient Worlds: New Translation with Selected Letters by Frithjof Schuon