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The 36 Tattvas: Categories of Existence
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Atattva: Parasiva (Sivalinga,
Absolute Reality), beyond all categories
5 SHUDDHA TATTVAS
Actinic or Pure Spiritual Energy
1) Siva tattva: Parashakti-Nada (Satchidananda, pure consciousness)
2) Shakti tattva: Parameshvara-Bindu(Nataraja, Personal God), energy, light and love
3) Sadashiva tattva: the power of revealment (Sadashiva)
4) Ishvara tattva: the power of concealment (Maheshvara)
5) Shuddhavidya tattva: dharma, pure knowing, the powers of
dissolution (Rudra), preservation (Vishnu) and creation (Brahma)
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7 SHUDDHASHUDDHA TATTVAS
Actinodic or Spiritual-Magnetic
Energy
6) maya tattva: mirific energy
7) kala tattva: time
8) niyati tattva: karma
9) kala tattva: creativity, aptitude
10) vidya tattva: knowledge
11) raga tattva: attachment, desire
12) purusha tattva: the soul shrouded by the above five tattvas
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24 ASHUDDHA TATTVAS
Odic or Gross-Magnetic Energy |
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13) prakriti tattva: primal nature
14) buddhi tattva: intellect
15) ahamkara tattva: external ego
16) manas tattva: instinctive mind
17) shrotra tattva: hearing (ears)
18) tvak tattva: touching (skin)
19) chakshu tattva: seeing (eyes)
20) rasana tattva: tasting (tongue)
21) ghrana tattva: smelling (nose)
22) vak tattva: speech (voice)
23) pani tattva: grasping (hands)
24) pada tattva: walking (feet)
25) payu tattva: excretion (anus)
26) upastha tattva: procreation (genitals)
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27) shabdha tattva: sound
28) sparsha tattva: feel/palpation
29) rupa tattva: form
30) rasa tattva: taste
31) gandha tattva: odor
32) akasha tattva: ether
33) vayu tattva: air
34) tejas tattva: fire
35) apas tattva: water
36) prithivi tattva: earth |
