Tanmatra
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nature, quality or essence of the five elements the sun visualized at ...
tanmatras the five subtle properties of Energy or Matter; the five subtle energies whose action puts the sensory consciousness in relation to the gross forms of matter: sound, touch, form, taste and smell; ...
After the layers of the mind, the elements to follow are the Tanmatras, the organs of action, organs of perception, and the elements. In other words, the layers of the mind are subtler than physical form.
In Vedanta, you will find the word "tanmatra. " It expresses a theory which is rather difficult and complicated to explain. In brief, the tanmatra is the word for the basic element. The tanmatra is as yet undifferentiated, and so it cannot be seen.
Each Tanmatra has its own specific colour. Yellow and white lights are very commonly seen. In the beginning small balls of white or red light float about before the mind's eye.
The combination of these Tanmatras in certain proportions of the three Gunas resulted in Mind, Budhi , personal Ego and Chitha. These are the four parts of the Human mind.
Manas or "Antahkarana" evolves from the total sum of the sattva aspect of Pañca Tanmatras or the "Ahamkara" ...
TANMATRA: Subtle, undifferentiated root elements of matter.
TAPAS: Austerity.
TAPASCHARYA: Practice of austerity.
TATTVA: Essence; principle.
TEHSILDAR: Revenue officer.
TRIPUTI: The triad-seer, sight and seen.
TRISHNA: Sense-hankering.
tanmatras: rudimentary element in an undifferentiated state
tantra: path of spiritual practice laying emphasis on japa and various esoteric practices
tapas(ya): asceticism, austerity
tattva: reality, element, truth, essence, principle ...
Each chakra also has associated with it a corresponding number of nadis, a color, a presiding deity and goddess, Sanskrit letters, a bija or seed mantra, and a presiding element or tanmatra.
In the Law of Manu (1:17) sukshma used in the plural refers to the six subtle principles from which the grosser elements are evolved (ahamkara and the fine tanmatras); other systems define 17 subtle principles of the five organs of sense, ...
The material objects of creation are enjoyed by him through his nineteen mouths, which are described as the five tanmatras or subtle senses, five gyanendriyas or sense organs, five karmendriyas or organs of action, and four aspects of antahkarana, ...
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