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guna
[ goon-uh ]
noun
- (in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion rajas, dullness or inertia tamas, and goodness or purity sattva.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of guna1
Example Sentences
There is silence, except for the swish of his broom across the floor of the small museum he runs documenting the life of his community in Panama, the Guna.
When a Guna dies, they lie for a day in their hammock for family and friends to visit.
In the state-of-the-art new school, students aged 12 and 13 are rehearsing Guna music and dances.
He is lying in a hammock, and explains that as long as the hammock keeps its place in Guna culture, "the heart of the Guna people will be alive".
Indigenous Guna families from the island of Gardi Sugdub ferried stoves, gas cylinders, mattresses and other belongings first in boats and then in trucks to the new community of Isberyala.
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