Asat

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Asat

(Sk.)

A philosophical term meaning “non‐being”, or rather non‐be‐ness. The “incomprehensible nothingness”. Sat, the immutable, eternal, ever‐present, and the one real “Be‐ness” (not Being) is spoken of as being “ Born of Asat, and Asat begotten by Sat”. The unreal, or Prakriti, objective nature regarded as an illusion. Nature, or the illusive shadow of its one true essence (TG).

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Shortly: A philosophical term meaning “non‐being”, or rather non‐be‐ness. The “incomprehensible nothingne...