[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [A History of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922) › v2.c19.s2.4 # A History of Indian Philosophy v2.c19.s2.4 A History of Indian Philosophy v2.c19.s2.4 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s2.4) A comparison of numerous passages like these shows that each mental creation is the result of a creative thought-movement called \*bhāvanā\*, and each successive movement in the chain of a succession of developing creative movements is said to be \*ghana\*, or concrete. \*Ghana\* has been paraphrased in the \*Tātparya-prakāśa\* as accretion (\*upacaya\*). \*Bhāvāna\* is the same as \*spanda\*; as the result of each thought-movement, there was thought-accretion (\*ghana\*), and corresponding to each \*ghana\* there was a semi-statical creation, and following each \*ghana\* there was a \*spanda\* (\*ghana-spanda-kramāt\*). - [Previous: v2.c19.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s2.3) - [Next: v2.c19.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s2.5) - [Up: v2.c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s2.4) · Pramāṇa