Creation of the organs of sense.Vedaanta
paribhaashaa.Ch.7—These subtle elements have arisen from prakr.ti, which is made up of the three guNas, namely, sattva, rajas
and tamas, (which can be described as serenity, activity and inertia
respectively). These elements are also therefore constituted of the same
three guNas. From the sattva part of space, air, fire, water and earth are produced,
respectively, the indriyas,
known as ear, sense of touch, eye, the sense of taste and the sense of
smell. It must be noted that these are not the organs, such as eye, etc,
in the physical body. These latter are called golaka.
The indriyas are the subtle
counterparts of the external organs and form part of the subtle body,
which will be described later. The presiding deities of these five indriyas
are, respectively, the devataas
of the Quarters, Air, the sun, VaruNa (the god of the waters) and
the two As’vini devas. (See
also Panchadas’i.1.19). Back to contents
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