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'''Upadhi''' ([[Sanskrit]]: "imposition" or "limitation") is a term in [[Hindu philosophy]]. An upadhi is external; in Hindu [[logic]], it is an extra limitation or qualification on something. It can also be viewed as a disguise or vehicle for true reality, both defining something and limiting it. For example, the body of a man or animal is the upadhi of its spirit. [[Upadhi]] is one of many conditions of body and [[mind]] obscuring the true state of man or his self which |
'''Upadhi''' ([[Sanskrit]]: "imposition" or "limitation") is a term in [[Hindu philosophy]]. An upadhi is external; in Hindu [[logic]], it is an extra limitation or qualification on something. It can also be viewed as a disguise or vehicle for true reality, both defining something and limiting it. For example, the body of a man or animal is the upadhi of its spirit. [[Upadhi]] is one of many conditions of body and [[mind]] obscuring the true state of man or his self which Indian philosophies try to remove for the attainment of ''moksha'' |
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Upadhi (Sanskrit: "imposition" or "limitation") is a term in Hindu philosophy. An upadhi is external; in Hindu logic, it is an extra limitation or qualification on something. It can also be viewed as a disguise or vehicle for true reality, both defining something and limiting it. For example, the body of a man or animal is the upadhi of its spirit. Upadhi is one of many conditions of body and mind obscuring the true state of man or his self which Indian philosophies try to remove for the attainment of moksha
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