Tattva 35 — Water (Ap / Jala)
Water: the element of liquidity and cohesion, fourth of the five great elements.
Ap (also called jala) is the gross element of water — the fourth of the five great elements, the principle of liquidity, flow, and cohesion that holds things together and moistens them. Denser than fire, it carries the quality of taste. In the tattva descent it unfolds from the subtle element of taste, drawing manifestation nearer to full solidity.
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'Water (ap) is better than food. Therefore if there is not sufficient rain, the vital spirits fail from fear that there will be less food. But if there is sufficient rain, the vital spirits rejoice, b
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He replied: "The ether is that god, the wind, fire, water, earth, speech, mind, eye, and ear. These, when they have manifested (their power), contend and say: We (each of us) support this body and kee
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Bhumi (earth), Ap (water), Anala (fire), Vâyu (air), Kha (ether), mind, intellect, and egoism: thus is My Prakriti divided eight-fold.
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The earth and its subtile elements, the water and its subtile elements, the light and its subtile elements, the air and its subtile elements, the ether and its subtile elements; the eye and what can b
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