affectedness (rajas); menstrual blood; ovum; molecule; dust; (fig.) flaw
dust, -mote, speck of -, molecule; particle, atom, silt, grains of sand. 2) dusty [color]. 3) energy, affectedness (rajas); One of {yon tan gsum} 4) ovum, menstrual blood. 5) flaw. 6) anther
the dust
particle; atom; dust; dirt; {GD:594} energy Comment: In Sāmkhya this is one of the three material qualities (yon tan gsum, triguṇa): lightness (snying stobs, sattva), 2) motility (rdul, rajas), 3) darkness (mun pa, tamas). Dzong-ka-ba's Great Exposition of Secret Mantra a passage cites a passage calling the three subtler consciousnesses preceding the mind of clear light according to the Guhyasamāja system sattva, rajas, and tamas.
<person> Reṇu, Raja
<place> Matter
<term> rajas