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Tanmatras (Sanskrit: तन्मात्र = tanmātra) are rudimentary, undifferentiated, subtle elements from which gross elements are produced.[1] There are five sense perceptions – hearing, touch, sight, taste and smell – and there are five tanmatras corresponding to those five sense perceptions and the five sense-organs. The tanmatras combine and re-combine in different ways to produce the gross elements – ether, air, fire, water, and earth – which make up the gross universe perceived by the senses. The senses come into contact with the objects and carry impressions of them to the manas (mind), which receives and arranges them into precepts.[2]
- ^ "Sanskrit Dictionary". Spokensanskrit.de.
- ^ Swami Prabhavananda (2003). The Spiritual Heritage of India. Genesis Publishing. p. 219. ISBN 9788177557466. Retrieved 21 July 2022.