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AUM (Om) 
Kanji - Passion 
Hebrew - Zayin 
Runes - Jera |
Sanskrit Letters (cont)
This group is the Cavarga Class of Letters. The presiding deity is Mahesvari. These are the five elements of perception or subtle elements, called tanmatras, the nature of the tamaguna, in the Saivite Tradition. Tamaguna is a combination of two words: tama - inertia and guna - a strand or quality. The tamas are said to be not only inertia but darkness, density, the force of contraction, resistance and dissolution. They are found in asuddha maya: magnetic-gross energy. This plane is called Bhuvarloka -"plane of the atmosphere." These five tattvas are said to be in Pratishthakala, the realm of the intellect and instinct.
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Cavarga: ca, cha, ja, jha, na |
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Tattva 31. Scent Tattva - Gandha Tanmatra: smell-as-such. The next five tattvas are also on the other side of the gap between earth and the elements as were the previous four (32-35). They are no longer a matter of solids as was the earth tattva. Internal consciousness remains intellect and instinct. The plane is of ancestors in the plane of the atmosphere. It is the world of antarloka, the subtle or astral plane where the cycle of reincarnation (samsara) takes place. The svadhishthana (one's own base) chakra, meaing 'reason' is the chakra. These five tattvas are the elements of perception (tanmatras). |
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Tattva 30. Taste Tattva - Rasa Tanmatra: taste-as-such. (Same as Tattva 31) |
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Tattva 29. Form Tattva - Rupa Tanmatra: color-as-such. (Same as Tattva 31) |
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Tattva 28. Feeling Tattva - Sparsha Tanmatra: touch-as-such. (Same as Tattva 31) |
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Tattva 27. Sound Tatva - Shabda Tanmatra: sound-as-such. (Same as Tattva 31) |
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References: Sanskrit Letters Continued >>> Sanskrit Letters Main Index >>> Article Archives >>>
Riviere, J. Marques, Tantrik Yoga: Hindu and Tibetan, Book Faith India, Delhi
Singh, Jaideva, "Siva Sutras" (1979) Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited
Subramuniyaswami, Satguru Sivaya, "Dancing With Siva" (1993) Himalayan Academy
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