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THE EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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PARABRAHMAN OR PARAMATMANI

MULAPRAKRITIOR

(PRIMORDIAL CAUSE)

1SATTVA

1VISHNU

(PRESERVER)

1SATTVA RA,

1 1RAJAS TAMAS

1 1BRAHMA RUDRA

(CREATOR) (DESTROYER)

1JAS TAMAS

1

1 1 1AVARANA SHAKTI VIKSHEPA SHA<-

(VEILING OR COVERING (PROJECTING POWE^ ~=POWER OF CONSCIOUSNESS CONSCIOUSNESS)

1

1 1ASATTAVARANA ABHANAVARANA

JIVAS OR INDIVIDUAL SOULS84 LAKHS OF SPECIES)

SATTVAof

Tanmatras

RAJASof

Tanmatras

TAMASof

Tanmatras

Grossuniverse

1°'1 Sthula•prapanchaj

I

Samasthti 1

Vyashti ?

Samashti 3

Vyashti 4

Pancheekrita5

I6

II7

PANC

(1)_th SHABDA

(Sound)or

(Subtle Etner)

HRIDAYAM(Heart)

SHROTRA(Sense of Hearing)

VYANA(Pervas ve)

VAK(Organ of Speech)

Sparsha

SHABDA RupaRasaGandha

GROSS ETHER(Stula Akasa)

(1)

Manasijamor

Mind-bom(Four Kumaras,

Ten Prajapaties etc.)

HA TANMATRAS

(2)SPARSHA _^

(Touch)or

(Subtle Air)

MANAS(Mind)

TVAK(Sense of Touch)

PRANA(Respiratory)

PANI(Organ of Grasping)

Shabda

SPARSHA RupaRasaGandha

GROSS AIR(Stula Vayu)

(2)

Jarayujamor

Viviparousor

Womb-born(Human Beings etc.)

Or FIVE

(3)RUPA(Form)

or(Subtle Fire)

BUDDHI^(Intellect)

5^ CHAKSHU(Sense of Sight)

APANA(Expiratory)

PADA(Organ of Locomotion)

ShabdaRUPA Sparsha

RasaGandha

GROSS FIRE(Stula Agni)

.0)

Andajamor

Oviparousor

Egg-born(Birds etc.)

RUDIMENTARY ELEME

(4)RASA(Taste)

or(Sbtle Water)

CHITTA(Mind Stuff)

JIHVA(Sense of Taste)

SAMANAEqualising

UPASTHA ,(Organ of Generation)

ShabdaRASA Sparsha

RupaGandha

GROSS WATER(Stula Apas

(4)

Svedajamor

Sweat-born(Lice etc.)

NTS

(5)GANDHA

(Smell)or

(Subtle Earth)

AHANKARA(Ego)

GHRANA(Sense of Smell)

UDANA(Ascensional)

PAYU(Organ o' Excretion)

ShabdaGANDHA Sparsha

RupaRasa

GROSS EARTH(Stula Prithivi)

(5)

Udbhijamor

Seed-bom(Plants etc.)

Ill

IV

The cosmos with its contents of the 14 Lokas (or planes) viz., (1) Bhu, (2) Bhuvah, (3) Suvah, (4) Mahah, (5) Janah,(6) Tapah, (7) Satya, (8) Atala, (9) Vitala, (10) Sutala (11) Talatala, (12) Mahatala (13) Rasatala and (14) Patala.(The former seven are higher regions and the latter seven are nother regions.)

Food and other objects of enjoyments.

1.l,y\ntahkarana. 2. Jnana Indriyas. 3. Pranas. 4. Karma Indriyas. 5. Half of each Tanmatra is mixed with one-eighth of eachof the other four. This process of mixing is called Pancheekaran& or Quintuplication. 6. Pancha Mahabhutas or five grosselements. 7. Five kinds of bodies.

MISCELLANEOUS PARTICULARS

Names of

•

Body orSareera

Causal orKarana

Subtle orrSukshma

*

i

Gor^s orSthula

Sheath orKosha

Bliss orAnanda-

maya

Intellectual orvijnana-

maya

[

Mental ormanomaya

Vital orPranmaya

Food orAnnamaya

Limbs

CausalIgnorance &

Ajnana-vrittis

Buddhi

Ahamkara

i

Srotra

V Tvak

ChakshuI

Jihva

Ghrana

Chitta

Manas

Vak

Pani

Pada

Upastha

Payur*-: Prana

Apana

Vyana

Udana

Samana

Head etc.

Location

• —

Centre of theeye brows

Whole body

Ears

Skin

Eyes

Tongue

Nose

Navel

Throat

Tongue

Hands

Feet

Genital

Anus

Heart

Anus

Whole Body

Throat

Navel

• —

PresidingDeity

—

Brahma

Rudra

Dik

Vayu

Sun

Varuna

2 AswiniKumaras

Vishnu

Moon

Agni

In^ra

Upendra

Prajapati

Mrityu

Visishtha

Vivasrishta

Vivayoni

Aja

Jaya

—

State orAvastha

Deep Sleepor Sushupti

i

.JDream orj-Svapna

Waking orjagrat

Individual orVyashti

Abhimani

Prajna

-

Taijasa

Visva

Collective orSamashtiAbhimani

Ishvara

Hiranya-garbha

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