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'Guna' literally means qualities or properties.
Definition of Guna
समवायी तु निश्चेष्टः कारणं गुणः||५१||
Guna (property) is samavayi karana (inseparable concomitance) and inactive cause (of effect). [Cha.Su.1/51]
Guna (basic properties/qualities)
सार्था गुर्वादयो बुद्धिः प्रयत्नान्ताः परादयः|
गुणाः प्रोक्ताः --||४९||
Sense objects (shabda(sound), sparsha(touch), rupa(sight), rasa(taste), gandha(smell)), properties beginning with guru (twenty properties like guru, laghu, etc), buddhi (intelligence) and ending with prayatna (effort), properties beginning with para are called guna. [Cha.Su.1/49]
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