Pancha Mahabhoota | Earth, Water, Fire, Ether, and Wind

Pancha Mahabhoota

 


Panch mahabhoota made with three words panch, maha, bhoota. Panch means five and maha refers to great, bhoota refers to elements that exist, combine meaning would be “Five great elements of existence”. According to Ayurveda scriptures and Scholars, these fundamental elements are responsible for the creation of the universe, including humans. There is a balance of these five elements in the universe. The Elements are Space, Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. Every element has a specific role in itself. If this balance is disturbed it can be dangerous for the universe and also for the people. These five elements are called Pancha-mahabhoota. 

 

क्षिति जल पावक गगन समीरा

पंच रचित यह अधम शरीरा ।।

           -Tulsidas ji

 

 

It is believed that our body is also made up of these five elements. Our body is created by five supreme element- Earth, water, fire, ether, and wind. The body is composed in the same order as it is written here.

  • The first mother's ovum is the earth element,
  • Janaka's sperm is the water element.
  • The combination of these two is the fire element.
  • Formation is an ether element.
  • Pranvayu (प्राणवायु ) is an air element.


EARTH | WATER | FIRE | WIND | ETHER

Every  human has a unique balance of panch-mahabhoota, the imbalance of these elements cause diseases.

 

The Pancha-mahabhootas and their associated organs and factors

  • Ether(sound) (ears, throat)
  • Air (touch) (skin, heart)
  • Fire (seeing) (eyes, navel)
  • Water (taste) (tongue, sacral)
  • Earth (smell) (nose)


Elements are developed from influence of this basic constitution of the universe as below

Ether

Sattva dominant

Air

Rajas dominant

Fire

Sattva and Rajas dominant

Water

Sattva and Tamas dominant

Earth

Tamas dominant




Let's try to know properties about them

Property type

 

Earth

(पृथ्वी-तत्व)

Water

(जल-तत्व)

Fire

(अग्नि तत्व)

Wind

(वायु तत्व)

Space(Ether)

(आकाशीय-तत्व)

Nature

Heavy

Soft

Warm

Uncertain

Mixed

Quality

Weight, solidarity

Fluidity

Hot, spread

Speed

Spread

Characters

Yellow

White

Red

Blue or brown

Black

Shape

Square

Crescent moon

Triangle

Hexagon

The dot

Chakra

Base

Health care

Manipur

Non-profit

Purification

Body function

Skin, blood

All body fluids

Apps, sleep, thirst

Muscle contraction

Passion

Body position

Thighs

Leg

The shoulder

Navel

Head

Mental state

ego

wisdom

Manas, Vivek

Mind

Wisdom

Thesaurus

Annamay

Pranamay

Manomay

Scientific

Delightful

Deathbed

Inanimate

Life

same

Udan

Wynn

Planet

Wed

Moon, Venus

Sun, mars

Saturn

Jupiter

The direction

East

The west

South

answer

Mid-vertical



PANCH-MAHABHOOT AUR TRI-DOSHA SAMBANDH

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