Talk:Guṇa

message: Regarding recent edits, ie. using Feurestein's definition of each of the gunas. According to my research there are many definitions depending on the author and the context of the word.  For example, one noted Vedic author says: "Sattva is the power of harmony, balance, light and intelligence - the higher or spiritual potential". [] So I would suggest we list the most common definitions of the word and leave out any one authors name.  If the reader wants specifics they can drill down to the footnote and check the reference for more detail.--Kbob (talk) 13:31, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology: Definitions and Translations

message: I cannot find any references to gunas and their relationship to people's tendencies, state of mind etc. Therefore I am removing these kinds of references from the article. My research shows that gunas are universal qualities or aspects of nature and apply to everything in creation. If someone can source some valid references about 'satvic people' etc. we can certainly add the demension to the article. --Kbob (talk) 19:36, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I also removed the sentences below. If anyone can substantiate them with valid references we can put them back in. They appear at this time to be Original Research which is not permitted on Wiki. WP:OR --Kbob (talk) 19:49, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

text: The Bhagavad Gita clearly links Gina’s to different varnas 108.39.84.90 (talk) 19:37, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing Personal Aspects of Guna 

message: There is no mention of the relationship between guna and varna in this article. See for example "Old Age: An Ancient Indian View" By Dr Sajjan Singh, p.21 (available on Google books) for a reference. Perhaps a controversial topic, but there probably ought to be some reference. Agree? Ancient Infant (talk) 02:00, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guna and Varna

message: On this page, it lists sattva = preservation, rajas = creation, tamas = destruction.  This is a complete disagreement with the Prakrti article which associates sattva to creation and rajas to preservation.  Since I'm not a scholar, I don't know.  But I hope someone can clear this disagreement up. Bridgetd (talk) 19:49, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sattva, Rajas, Tamas Ambiguity 

message: Guna means atom and three guna i.e. sattv means protons, rajas means neutron and tamas means electrons. I don't get it how can be a term "guna" represent a "string". In Slavic represents "instinct" (nagon("on gon/guna") gonit, gon,...), which perfectly fits together with laws of Bhagavad Gita.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.196.132.80 (talk) 18:15, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: In case anyone reads this 5 years later, the dot under the n is not ornamental. It indicates a retroflex consonant that cannot spontaneously appear out of nowhere, as it would have to if this word had Indo-European origins at all. David Marjanović (talk) 01:31, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I seem to remember a sandhi rule that /n/ becomes /ṇ/ after certain phonemes. —Tamfang (talk) 07:05, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correct meaning of the term "guna" in Slavic means "instinct" 

message: I propose that Tamas (philosophy, Rajas, and Sattva be merged into Guna. This was proposed 10 years ago with differing opinions resulting in the creation of the then non-existent rajas and tamas articles. A decade later, those articles remain start-class and contain redundant information that can all be contained in the parent article, guna. Morganfitzp (talk) 01:01, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  New merger proposal 

message: The "Etymology" section is misnamed; it has nothing to do with the etymology of the word (as far as I know, nobody knows where the word guṇa comes from).  I don't know how to characterize the material in the section, but it's not etymology and the section should be renamed. Languagehat (talk) 13:42, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Guna (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RMCD bot 19:20, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move discussion in progress 

message: গীতা অনুসারে মনুষ্য এিগুন কি কি? আলোচনা কর ? 2409:4088:9E8C:7B48:0:0:7949:DB12 (talk) 01:45, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  সংস্কৃত  

message: plz aktu katha bolun 2409:4060:2DB4:24CB:643F:C880:9D8F:BD05 (talk) 05:22, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  2409:4088:apni আমার সাথে aktu katha bolun আমার খুব দরকার apnake