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'''Jagad Yoni''' (devanāgarī: जगद्योनि, from ''jagat'', "world" and ''yoni'', "womb") is a [[Sanskrit]] term usually translated as the "womb of the world." According to [[H. P. Blavatsky]], however, the jagad-yoni "is scarcely so much 'the Mother of the World' or 'the Womb of the World' as the 'Material Cause of the Universe'."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46.</ref> | '''Jagad Yoni''' (devanāgarī: जगद्योनि, from ''jagat'', "world" and ''yoni'', "womb") is a [[Sanskrit]] term usually translated as the "womb of the world." According to [[H. P. Blavatsky]], however, the jagad-yoni "is scarcely so much 'the Mother of the World' or 'the Womb of the World' as the 'Material Cause of the Universe'."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46.</ref> She also related it to the [[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] concept of [[Pleroma]]: | ||
<blockquote>The Plêrôma or Plenum must be distinguished from [[Mūlaprakṛti|Mûlaprakriti]]. The Plerôma is infinite manifestation in manifestation, the [[Jagad Yoni]] or [[Hiraṇyagarbha|Golden Egg]]: Mûlaprakriti is an abstraction, the Root of the Jagad Yoni, the Womb of the Universe, or the Egg of [[Brahmā|Brahmâ]].<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 491.</ref></blockquote> | |||
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Revision as of 22:27, 21 April 2016
Jagad Yoni (devanāgarī: जगद्योनि, from jagat, "world" and yoni, "womb") is a Sanskrit term usually translated as the "womb of the world." According to H. P. Blavatsky, however, the jagad-yoni "is scarcely so much 'the Mother of the World' or 'the Womb of the World' as the 'Material Cause of the Universe'."[1] She also related it to the Gnostic concept of Pleroma:
The Plêrôma or Plenum must be distinguished from Mûlaprakriti. The Plerôma is infinite manifestation in manifestation, the Jagad Yoni or Golden Egg: Mûlaprakriti is an abstraction, the Root of the Jagad Yoni, the Womb of the Universe, or the Egg of Brahmâ.[2]