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Sharir24Elements(Tattvas)
AswehaveseenpreviouslythatHinduismbelievesinthefieldfielder(KshetraKshetragna)theory.Prakruti
isthefieldandPurushisitsfielder.Similarly,bodyisafield(kshetra)andthesoulisitsfielder(kshetragna).
AccordingtoSnkhyascriptures,Prakrutiorthenatureconsistsof24physicalentitiesorelements(tattvas),
whereas,Purush,alsoknownasIshwar,isaquitedistincteternalentityorontologicalelement(tattva).
Similarly,body,beingthepartofnature,alsoconsistsof24elements,whereas,soulorjivisontologicallyquite
distincteternalentityfromthebody.Both,PrakrutiorbodyandPurushorjiv,arecharacteristicallyquite
differentfromeachother.Oneismortal(nshvant),decayable,destructible,triguntmak(havingthreegunas
orpropertiesofmaya),fullofignorance,etc.Theotherisimperishableornonaging(ajar),immortal(amar),
indestructible(achhedya),indivisibleandimpenetrable(abhedya),fullofknowledgeorknowledgeable(gnt),
subtle(sukshma),etc.WhenjivbehavesasunitedorintermingledwithitsbodyandPurushisintermingledwith
Prakruti,itistheircombinedorinseparableform(anvayswarup).Whenjivisbehavesasquitedistinctfromits
threekindsofbody(sthul,sukshma,andkran)andPurushorIshwarremainquitedistinctfromitsthreekinds
ofbody(virt,sutrtm,andavykrut)body,itistheirdistincteternalform(vyatirekswarup).
These24elementsareasfollows:
1.Fivegrosselements(calledPanchbhuts):Pruthvi,Jal,Tej,Vayu,andAkash.Theyareexplainedand
translatedinEnglishasEarth,Water,FireorLight,AirorGas,andSpaceorSky,respectively.Butthis
translationismisleading.Rather,theyshouldbetranslatedastheyare.
FiveBhuts(pronouncedasBhoots)arefivebasicstructuralelements.TheyarederivedfromTmas
AhamkroneofthethreetypesofAhamkrs.ThethreeAhamkars,namely,StvikAhamkr,Rjas
Ahamkr,andTmasAhamkrarecreatedfromMahattattvawhichisinturncreatedfromPradhan
Prakruti.
2.Fivesubtleelements(calledPanchTanmtrs,PanchVishays,orPanchPrns):Fivesubtleor
microscopicelementsarephysicalelementsatthesubatomiclevel,forexample,tanmatras,andphysiological
elementsatthebimolecularlevel,forexample,prans.
Fivesubtlephysicalelementsare:sound(Shabda),touch(Sparsh),sight/light(Roop),taste(Ras),andsmell
(Gandh).Eachsubtleelementisapartormeter(mtr)ofeachgrosselement.Forexample,sound(Shabda)is
part(matra)ofksh/Vyomanditsmainreceivingorganisear,touch(Sparsh)ispart(matra)ofVayu/Marut/air
anditsmainreceivingorganisskin,sight/light(Roop)ispart(matra)ofTej/lightanditsmainreceivingorganis
eye,taste(Ras)ispart(matra)ofAapa/Jal/water/liquidanditsmainreceivingorganistongue,andsmell
(Gandh)ispart(matra)ofKshiti/Pruthvi/solidanditsmainreceivingorganisnose.Similarly,eachvishayis
carriedbyeachtanmtr.Thus,tanmatrasareakintocarrierparticlesofscience.
Hinduismhasalsodescribedfivefunctionalorphysiologicalprocessesatthebiomolecularlevelasfivesubtle
elements,whicharecollectivelyknownasprns.Fiveprnsare:Prn(alsospelledasPrna),Apn(also
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spelledasApna),VynalsospelledasVyna),Samn(alsospelledasSamna)andUdn(alsospelledas
Udna).Pransasvitalprocessesareassuchnotphysicalelementsbutaslifesustainingentitiesorformsof
energiestheyarealsoconsideredaselements.Alongwithfiveprns,fiveupaprns(pronouncedasoopa
praans)arealsodescribedinHinduism.Fiveupapransare:Ng(alsospelledasNaga),Kurm(alsospelledas
Koorma),Krikara,Devdatt(alsospelledasDevadatta)andDhananjay(alsospelledasDhananjaya)
FiveTanmtrsarefivebasiccarrierelementsofvishaystotheirrespectivesenses.Justaspanchbhuts,
panchtanmatrasarealsoderivedfromTmasAhamkar,butPrnsarederivedfromRjasAhamkar.
3.Fivemotororexecutiveorgansystems(calledKarmendriyas(KarmaIndriyas):speechorgan(Vk,
Vni,orMukh),handsorworkingorgans(PniorHasta),legsorlocomotorsorgan(Pd),excretoryorgan
(Pyu),andreproductoryorgan(Upastha).
4.Fivesensoryorgansystems(calledGnanendriyas(GnanIndriyas):organforsound(earKarna
Indriya),organfortouch(skinTvakorSparshIndriya),organforseeing(EyesChakshuIndriya),organfor
taste(TongueJihvorSwadIndriya),andorganforsmell(NoseNsikorGhranIndriya).
TenIndriyas(fivetypesofmotororgansandfivetypesofsensoryorgans)arederivedfromRjasAhamkar.
5.Fourintellectualsystemsorfunctionaloperatingunits(collectivelycalledAntahkaranantah+karana:
inneroperativeorexecutiveinstruments):Theyare:ManorMana,Buddhi,Ahamkr,andChitt.Chittis
equivalenttoMahattattvaoftheuniverse.JustasMahattattvaisprimordialformofuniverse,Chittis
primordialformofbody.Chittisfirsttoappearordevelopinthebody.AhamkarisderivedfromChitt.
Ahamkarisofthreekinds:Satvik,Rajasik,andTamasik.ManaisderivedfromStvikAhamkar.Buddhiis
derivedfromRjasAhamkar.
Thus,fivebhuts,fivetanmatras,tenprans(fivepransandfiveupaprans),tenindriyas,fourantahkarans,and
fourteenpresidingdeities(devats)ofindriyas(namely,Dis,Vta,Surya,Varun,Ashvinsarefor
gnanendriyasVahni,Indra,Upendra,Mrityu,andPrajapatiareforkarmendriyasandChandra,Prajapati,
Rudra,Kshetragnaareforantahkarans)areallderivedfromthreeAhamkarswhichinturnarederivedfrom
Mahattattva.Thus,Mahattattvaistheprimordialformofuniverse.Itislikethematterinthefireballfrom
whichthewholeBrahmnd(Universe)isevolved.ThiscouldbethereasonwhyVedasandUpanishadsdescribe
MahattattvaasHiranyagarbhaortheGoldenEmbryo.
Alloftheabovephysicalelementsthatconstitutebodyanduniverse,accordingtoHinduism,arepartofMaya
oneofthefivefundamentaleternalphilosophicalelements.Thesoulorjivitselfmakesanontologicallyquite
distinctfundamentaleternalphilosophicalelement.AccordingtoHinduism,alloftheabovephysicalelements
areconsideredincapableofdoinganythingwithoutsoulorjiv.Andsoulorjivisconsideredincapableofdoing
anythingwithoutGod.Godresidesinthesoul.
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Buddhi,carrierparticles,ChakshuIndriya,Chandra,chitt,elements,fireball,formsofenergies,functional,
Gandhksh/Vyom,GhrnIndriya.Antahkaran,GnanendriyasGnanIndriyas,gnt,GoldenEmbryo,Hasta,
Hiranyagarbha,Jal,Jihv,jiv,KarmendriyasKarmaIndriyas,KarnaIndriya,Kshetra,Kshetragna,
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Prakruti,prns,processes,Pruthvi,Purush,RjasAhamkr,Rajasik,Ras,Roop,Rudra,Sman,Sankhya,
Satvik,StvikAhamkr,science,shabda,soul,Sparsh,SparshIndriya,subatomic,subtle,SwdIndriya,
swarup,TmasAhamkr,Tamasik,tanmtr,tanmatras,Tattva,Tej,Tej/light,triguntmak,Tvak,udn,
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