» For the city and district in central India, see Guna, India and Guna District. The Sanskrit word has the basic meaning of "string" or "a single thread or strand of a cord or twine". In more abstract uses, it may mean "a subdivision, species, kind", and generally "quality". In Samkhya philosophy there are three (based upon the three "tendencies"),,, and . In classical literature In classical literature (for example Mahabharata, Bhagavata Purana and Bhagavad Gita), a is an attribute of the five… (More on Gunas)