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अप्रसवधर्मिन् (aprasavadharmin)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अ-प्रसव—धर्मिन्
mfn.
(in Sāṃkhya
phil.
) not having the property of producing (one of the characteristics of Puruṣa).
Goldstucker
English
अप्रसवधर्मिन् Tatpur. m. f. n. (-र्मी-र्मिणी-र्मि) Not having
the property of producing, not being prolific
in the Sāṅkhya
philosophy one of the characteristics of Purusha or Spirit,
in contradistinction from प्रसवधर्मिन्, the property of Matter
and its evolutions, (‘producing’ or ‘prolific’ meaning there
‘changing, becoming transformed’, as अहङ्कार is a pro-
duct, i. e. a transformation of बुद्धि &c.): ‘प्रसवधर्मि व्यक्तं
प्रधानं अप्रसवधर्मी पुरुषो हि किंचित्पुरुषात्प्रसूयते’.
E. neg. and प्रसवधर्मिन्.