metaphysiological

Updated: October 2, 2025

Śâktist accounts of the evolutionary process give greater prominence to the part played by Śakti and are usually metaphysiological, if the word may be pardoned, inasmuch as they regard the cosmic process as the growth of an embryo, an idea which is as old as the Vedas.

Sir Charles Eliot - Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2