Panch Mahabhoot

These are five gross elements –
  1. ether or space or ākāśa (आकाश)
  2. air or vāyu (वायु)
  3. fire or teja (तेज)
  4. water or jala (जल)
  5. earth or pṛthvī  (पृथ्वी)

The entire sansaar-The World is made of these five gross elements.
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