Guest guest Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 > The triplet (Satva, Rajas, Tamas), (Kapha, Pitta, Vata) are > complimentary. The Panch mahabhutas combination which lead to Satva > are earth and water, which we know lead to creation of plant world, > on which we as well as animals depend. Without plants animal world > and humans cant survive. One can survive on fish alone, but fish also > needs water. That is the reason water is Jeevanya. thanks for your post Shirish i would point out however that according to the Sankhya darshana, the panchabuthas are entirely derived from tamas readers can refer to Gupta LP. 1996. Essentials of Ayurveda. Varanasi: Chowkhamba p 54-55 as far as i understand the schematics, it goes like this (i hope the following is intelligible, owing to the limitations of creating a chart with text only) purusha | prakriti | mahat | ahamkara | sattva rajas tamas | | | manas 5 tanmatras jnana indriyas 5 buthas karma indriyas 3 doshas best... todd Caldecott todd (AT) toddcaldecott (DOT) com www.toddcaldecott.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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