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Creation of the Universe (सृष्ट्युत्पत्तिः) (view source)
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sūryācandramasau dhātā yathāpūrvamakalpayat । divaṁ ca pr̥thivīṁ cāntarikṣamatho svaḥ ॥3॥</blockquote>Rishi Kutsa of the Atharvaveda believes that the process of creation of the world keeps on being new and transforming. It keeps going on continuously. However, the power that produces it is permanent and eternal.<ref name=":4" /><blockquote>सनातनमेनमाहुरुताद्य स्यात्पुनर्णवः । अहोरात्रे प्र जायेते अन्यो अन्यस्य रूपयोः ॥२३॥<ref name=":0" /> sanātanamenamāhurutādya syātpunarṇavaḥ । ahorātre pra jāyete anyo anyasya rūpayoḥ ॥23॥</blockquote>
sūryācandramasau dhātā yathāpūrvamakalpayat । divaṁ ca pr̥thivīṁ cāntarikṣamatho svaḥ ॥3॥</blockquote>Rishi Kutsa of the Atharvaveda believes that the process of creation of the world keeps on being new and transforming. It keeps going on continuously. However, the power that produces it is permanent and eternal.<ref name=":4" /><blockquote>सनातनमेनमाहुरुताद्य स्यात्पुनर्णवः । अहोरात्रे प्र जायेते अन्यो अन्यस्य रूपयोः ॥२३॥<ref name=":0" /> sanātanamenamāhurutādya syātpunarṇavaḥ । ahorātre pra jāyete anyo anyasya rūpayoḥ ॥23॥</blockquote>
== पञ्चमहाभूतानि ॥ Panchamahabhutas ==
The word 'bhuta' is formed by the sum of 'kta' affixes in 'bhu sattayam'. And means 'one who has the power of existence' or 'one who exists'. Prthvi (earth), Ap (water), Teja (fire), Vayu (air) and Akasha (sky) are called Panchamahabhutas (the five great elements). There is no reason for their origin, but the existence of everything else is because of these great elements. They are called 'mahabhutas' due to their importance or grossness.<blockquote>महन्तानि भूतानि महाभूतानि । mahantāni bhūtāni mahābhūtāni ।</blockquote>Infact, the body of all living beings and non-living substances of this earth are made from them.<blockquote>इह हि द्रव्यं पञ्चमहाभूतात्मकम् ।१७.२<ref>Ashtanga Sangraha, Sutra Sthana, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%83_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A7-%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6 Adhyayas 11-20]</ref> iha hi dravyaṁ pañcamahābhūtātmakam ।17.2</blockquote>The five great elements from which creation has originated are as follows:
* Sky: The sky has been considered to be eternal. One of the properties of the sky is shabd. Just as the sky is eternal, so is its property - "shabd" is also everlasting.
* Wind: The origin of air is assumed to be from the sky. ¶vkdk'k}k;q%¸ air is also considered to be eternal. The air has its own property of touch and the quality of the sky shabd. In this way the two properties of air - touch and word are everlasting.
* Fire: Fire is also called tej. The origin of fire is believed to be from air. Fire is considered to be ¶ok;ksjkfXu¸. Fire has three properties of shabd, touch and form. All three qualities are eternal. Such are the three properties of fire.
* Aap: Aap is called water. The origin of water is assumed to be from aap -¶vxzsjki%¸. aap is considered to be everlasting. Water has shabd, touch, form and taste properties. All four properties are eternal.
* Earth: Earth is believed to originate from water. Amazing earth. shabd, touch, form, taste, smell are the five properties of earth.
Apart from the above basic essential properties, there are some other characteristics in these mahabhutas which we can feel through our senses, for example in the earth, water, light, air respectively, we can infer the characteristics of smell, liquidity, consistency etc. Similarly, we can see the experience of resistance in the sky.
The Five Great Elements Properties
Sky shabd
Air shabd, touch
fire (tej) shabd, touch, form
aap (water) shabd, touch, form, taste
Earth shabd, touch, form, taste, smell
The manifestations of Sattva, Rajas, Tamas qualities are described in the five great elements. As per the nature of their qualities, the predominance of sattva quality in the sky, rajo quality in air, sattva and rajo quality in fire, sattva and Tamas qualities in aap (water) and tamas quality in the earth can be seen.
Five great elements Predominance of sattva, rajas, tamas
Sky Sattva predominance
Wind Rajas predominance
fire Sattva + Rajas predominance
aap Sattva + Tamas predominance
Earth tamas predominance
The entire universe is created by these five elements.
• The five great elements- Water, fire, air, sky and earth.
• The five great elements and their properties are continual.
• The creation of the universe is made from these five elements.
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