Tanmatras (Sanskrit: तन्मात्र = tanmātra) are rudimentary, undifferentiated, subtle elements from which gross elements are produced. [1] There are five sense perceptions – hearing, touch, sight, taste and smell – and there are five tanmatras corresponding to those five sense perceptions and the five sense-organs.

Dec 21, 2023 · In yogic philosophy, the tanmatras are the subtle elements which are the objects of the five senses: sound, touch, sight or form, taste and smell. The five tanmatras are the way in which people sense the objective, tangible world.

Dec 21, 2023 · What Does Tanmatras Mean? Tanmatras are the five objects of perception, made up of the five subtle elements. According to this principle, each of the five senses (sound, touch, sight, taste and smell) corresponds with one or more …

Feb 13, 2017 · Tanmatra means “essence” or “potential.” These are the root energies of the five elements. They are the most subtle form of energy and it is only because of the tanmatras that everything comes into creation. This includes the mind, senses, and organs of action.

Tanmātras literally means ‘only that'. The five primordial elements that manifest from the Ātman associated with ajñāna or ignorance are called ‘tanmātras’ since each of them contains one and only quality. For instance, the primordial element ākāśa has only śabda sound or vibration as its characteristic and hence called ‘śabda- tanmātra.’.

Feb 23, 2024 · Tanmatras are principles/ elements with dual nature (i.e. creator and creations) originated from tamas and rajas ahankara. These tanmatras create gross elements.

These tanmatras incarnate to form the 5 great elements. Each great element is a combination of all 5 tanmatras but shows predominance of one tanmatra. The 5 tanmatras are Sound (Shabda), Touch (Sparsha), Vision (Roopa), taste (Rasa), Smell (Gnadha).

The tanmatras, the subtle matter, vibratory, impingent, radiant, instinct with potential energy and collocations of original mass units with unequal distributions of original energy, evolve out of the Bhutadi which is only an intermediate state.

There are five tanmātras (śabda, rasa, gandha, rūpa, sparśa), which connect with these five sense perceptions and sense organs. The tanmātras blend together to become the primary elements or Mahā Bhūtas: Earth, water, fire, air, ether. The tanmātras give rise to these Mahā Bhūtas, which are the essential building blocks of the manifested universe.

Tanmatras are the subtle elements or the fundamental qualities that form the basis of all material existence in Samkhya philosophy. They represent the root causes of the five gross elements: earth, water, fire, air, and ether.