Prakriti (unmanifest
primordial matter),
Buddhi (first principle
of individuation, Intelligence, discrimination)
Ahamkara, (ego)
Manas (mind)
Sattvic: illumined,
lightness
5 Jnanendriyas, ears,
skin, eyes, tongue and nose
5 Karmendriyas or organs
of action: speaking, holding, moving, Procreating, eliminating
Tamasic: stable, solid
5 Tanmātras or subtle
elements are sound, touch, vision, taste, smell
5 Mahabhuthas are
earth, water, fire, air and space.
Note:
Ahamkara, ego
divides itself into two: first as the sentient and knowing life of a man, his
mind, his five jnanendriyas and five Karmendriyas. The second is constituted by
the five "Tanmātras" and the five "mahabhutas” of the
insentient cosmos.
The Jnanendriyas
are faculties with which a man gets to know outside objects: the eyes that see
objects, the nose that smells, the mouth that tastes, the ear that hears and
the skin that feels by touch.
With his Karmendriyas
he performs various actions. The mouth serves as a Karmendriyas also since it
performs the function of speech. The hand, the leg, the anus and the genitals
are all Karmendriyas.
The Jnanendriyas
are sound (ear), feeling, (skin), form (eye), flavor or taste (mouth), smell
(nose).
The 5 Mahabhutas are
space (sound), air (feeling or touch), water (flavor), earth (smell), and fire (form).
Thus Prakriti, mahat, ahamkara, mind, the five jnanendriyas, the five Karmendriyas,
the five Tanmātras, the five Mahabhuthas - all these make up the 24 Tattvas.
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