noun
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the state of being perfectly united with the Ultimate and Supreme Principle.
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that which actually is or is really true; the fundamental truth; reality.
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that which makes something what it is; the intrinsic, fundamental nature or most important quality (of something).
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any of the five substances (earth, water, air, fire, and ether or space) (or, according to some, four substances without ether) believed to constitute all physical matter.
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any of the three broadly classified basic qualities (being sattva, rajas and tamas).
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(phil.) according to Sānkhya system, any of the twenty-five basic elements.
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a symbol for the number twenty-five.
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an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct or a personal or specific basis of conduct or management; a principle.
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a fundamental, primary or general law or truth from which others are derived.
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what is intended to be or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; meaning; import.
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(rhet.) a kind of figure of speech in which two or more meanings are suggested by a single word or phrase.
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(mus.) a slow pace or rhythm.