Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism's Greatest Thinker

by Pavan K. Varma

Prakriti, representing the ‘potentiality of nature’6 lies latent, its three constituents, sattva, rajas and tamas, in equilibrium. Sattva stands for that which is pure; rajas signifies energy and activity; and tamas connotes inertia and stolidity.