All material entities including the mind are the composites of the three gunas, namely the sattva, rajjas and tamas. These are the attributes whose imbalance leads to creation.

Lit. quality or attribute. Refers to the three qualities of mind: tamas (inertia), rajas (activity) and sattwa (purity).

fundamental natural quality (e.g., dry, moist, hot, cold, etc.). Also applied to sattva, rajas, and tamas, the "three gunas"

'Quality'. Principle quality of Prakruti, or mãyã {Gadhada I-12.6}. There are three in total: sattvagun ('goodness', i.e., awareness), rajogun ('passion', i.e., desires) and tamogun ('darkness', i.e., unawareness, lethargy). All beings are affected by the influence of one or a combination of these three gunas of mãyã until they become gunãtit. With respect to the influence of the gunas on jivas and ishwars, the gunas elicit in people's minds three different types of moods as follows: a person in sattvagun is calm, placid, peaceful; a person in rajogun is desirous, active, sensual; a person in tamogun is volatile, lethargic, drowsy. See also: gunãtit, sattvagun, rajogun and tamogun.

Rope; quality. Specifically refers to the three qualities of sattva (goodness), rajas (passion) and tamas (ignorance), which permeates and control matter.

an earthly quality

a state of mind--an attitude

According to Samkhya philosophy, prakriti (nature or matter) consists of three gunas—usually translated as "qualities"—known as sattva, rajas and tamas. Tamas stands for dullness or inertia; rajas, for restlessness or activity; sattva, for balance or righteousness. They are the three strands forming the twisted rope of nature, by which a man is bound to the relative world.

literally `quality`. The three fundamental qualities inherent in nature, Sattva (purity and harmony), Rajas (passion, dynamism), and Tamas (inertia, stasis)

Lit. 'quality'. In Hindu philosophy there are three Gunas, the constituent parts of the Prakriti or Nature. They are Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. Tamas is characterized by dullness, stupidity, inertia; Rajas by activity, restlessness, and passion; sattva by calmness, purity, and wisdom and desire to be free. These three qualities are found in varying proportions in the external world and in all created beings.

Quality or attribute which constitutes a motor-power for all our deeds and actions according to one's inherent nature.

Qualities of nature. There are three types Sattva - Binding soul with purity, happiness and knowledge Rajas - Binging soul with intense desire, passion and action Tamas - Binding the soul with darkness, ignorance and delusion

quality of nature viz. tamas, rajas, sattwa

quality, peculiarity, attitude, property.

(Sanscrit; 'thread' 'quality') A one of the five elements (ether, air, fire, water, earth), or one of three 'tendencies' tamas, sattva, rajas.

Quality born of nature.

("quality"): a term that has numerous meanings, including "virtue"; often refers to any of the three primary "qualities" or constituents of nature (prakriti): tamas (the principle of inertia), rajas (the dynamic principle), and sattva (the principle of lucidity)