Purusha - pure, choiceless, passive awareness, pure consciousness

Prakruti - the divine will, the divine mother, creative potential

Avyakta - the unmanifested state of existence

Vyakta - manifested

Mahad - supreme, universal intelligence; inherent in every cell

Ahamkara - “I former”, self identity

Sattva - pure essence of light, right action, spiritual purpose, potential energy; the observer

Rajas - the principle of movement, change, excitability, kinetic energy; the act of observation

Tamas - darkness, confusion, inertia; the object to be observed