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-[[H. P. Blavatsky]] defines it as follows:
-<blockquote>Svabhâvat (Sk.). Explained by the Orientalists as “plastic substance”, which is an inadequate definition. Svabhâvat is the world substance and stuff, or rather that which is behind it-the spirit and essence of substance. The name comes from Subhâva and is composed of three words--su, good, perfect, fair, handsome; sva, self; and bhâva being, or state of being. From it all nature proceeds and into it all returns at the end of the life-cycles. In Esotericism it is called “Father-Mother”. It is the plastic essence of matter.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 314.</ref></blockquote>
-== Notes ==
-<references/>
-==Further reading==
-*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Svabhavat# Svabhavat] at Theosopedia
-[[Category:Sanskrit terms]]
-[[Category:Theosophical concepts]]
-[[Category:Hindu terms]]