rajasn.

Brit.

/ˈrɑːdʒəs/, U.S.

/ˈrɑdʒəs/

Forms: 1700s raja, 1800s ruja, 1800s– rajas.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit rajas.

Etymology: < Sanskrit rajas dust, turbulence, (as a quality of matter) the active principle < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek Ἔρεβος darkness (see Erebus n.).

Hinduism.

In the Sankhya philosophy: one of the three dominating principles of nature (or gunas), present in material things as the capacity to move and in the individual as the capacity to be moved or affected (manifested as activity, effort, and ambition). Cf. guna n. 2, sattva n., and tamas n.

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1785 C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā xiv. 109 From the Sătwă is produced wisdom, from the Răjă covetousness, and from the Tămă madness.

1860 Brit. & Foreign Evangelical Rev. 9 148 Dr Ballantyne..tells us distinctly that the three gunas, or qualities, are Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas... Rajas [denotes] all negative qualities.

1895 E. Arnold Tenth Muse 62 All that is Sattwa, Rájas, Tamas; all Which influences, which predominates, Which operates in creatures, have for source The will of Kâla.

1912 Mind 21 76 Matter as differentiated (Prakriti) is described as possessing three attributes, Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas (translated as rhythm, activity and inertia).

1922 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 33 4 He..is in a true sense the citizen of the world. The quality of sattva..predominates over those of rajas with its craving for power and pride and tamas.

1992 Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) 6 Sept. (New Delhi ed.) (Colour Mag.) 8/2 Our scriptures recommend vegetarianism for those inclined towards the scholastic life—the prescription deriving from the belief that the rajas, tamas or satvik temperaments are related to the kind of food we consume.

2000 Asian Philos. (Nexis) 10 75 The yogin yet retains the purified gunic powers of virtue including..nonafflicted activity (due to purified rajas).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rajas
释义	rajasn. Brit. /ˈrɑːdʒəs/, U.S. /ˈrɑdʒəs/ Forms: 1700s raja, 1800s ruja, 1800s– rajas. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit rajas. Etymology: < Sanskrit rajas dust, turbulence, (as a quality of matter) the active principle < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek Ἔρεβος darkness (see Erebus n.). Hinduism. In the Sankhya philosophy: one of the three dominating principles of nature (or gunas), present in material things as the capacity to move and in the individual as the capacity to be moved or affected (manifested as activity, effort, and ambition). Cf. guna n. 2, sattva n., and tamas n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > systems of philosophy > [noun] > Sankhya > concepts in rajas1785 sattva1785 tamas1785 guna1862 1785 C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā xiv. 109 From the Sătwă is produced wisdom, from the Răjă covetousness, and from the Tămă madness. 1860 Brit. & Foreign Evangelical Rev. 9 148 Dr Ballantyne..tells us distinctly that the three gunas, or qualities, are Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas... Rajas [denotes] all negative qualities. 1895 E. Arnold Tenth Muse 62 All that is Sattwa, Rájas, Tamas; all Which influences, which predominates, Which operates in creatures, have for source The will of Kâla. 1912 Mind 21 76 Matter as differentiated (Prakriti) is described as possessing three attributes, Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas (translated as rhythm, activity and inertia). 1922 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 33 4 He..is in a true sense the citizen of the world. The quality of sattva..predominates over those of rajas with its craving for power and pride and tamas. 1992 Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) 6 Sept. (New Delhi ed.) (Colour Mag.) 8/2 Our scriptures recommend vegetarianism for those inclined towards the scholastic life—the prescription deriving from the belief that the rajas, tamas or satvik temperaments are related to the kind of food we consume. 2000 Asian Philos. (Nexis) 10 75 The yogin yet retains the purified gunic powers of virtue including..nonafflicted activity (due to purified rajas). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1785
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