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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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