English Meaning of pratyak

Meaning of 'pratyak'

a S Subsequent or posterior; following in time or in place. 2 Western. 3 Permeating or inhering in each and every (time, place, spirit, matter, part or constituent). Applied (or, with atma, forming pratyagatma) to God as the Pervading spirit, to the sivatma of dependent beings, and, more popularly, to the jivatma, this, whatever (erroneous) consciousness it may possess of distinctness or individuality, being still the One spirit, the soul of the universe. Hence pratyakajyoti A term for atma or spirit as all-pervasive and all enlightening. pratyakapratiti Realization or consciousness of one's own distinct atma, i.e. of one's personality. pratyajjnana Knowledge of, or detection of, Spirit as pervading self and all existencies. pratyak- darsana & pratyakadrsti are (See Sig. I. and II.) Looking afterwards, or behind, or westward.

Meaning of प्रत्यक्

a S Subsequent or posterior; following in time or in place. 2 Western. 3 Permeating or inhering in each and every (time, place, spirit, matter, part or constituent). Applied (or, with आत्मा, forming प्रत्यगात्मा) to God as the Pervading spirit, to the शिवात्मा of dependent beings, and, more popularly, to the जीवात्मा, this, whatever (erroneous) consciousness it may possess of distinctness or individuality, being still the One spirit, the soul of the universe. Hence प्रत्यकज्योति A term for आत्मा or spirit as all-pervasive and all enlightening. प्रत्यकप्रतीति Realization or consciousness of one's own distinct आत्मा, i.e. of one's personality. प्रत्यज्ज्ञान Knowledge of, or detection of, Spirit as pervading self and all existencies. प्रत्यक्- दर्शन & प्रत्यकदृष्टि are (See Sig. I. and II.) Looking afterwards, or behind, or westward.

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