Pañcīkaraṇam means something like ‘coming (karaṇam) from five (pañca), changing into five’.<\/p>\n
We must realize that this is merely a model for applying Vedāntic methodology, just like contemporary scientific models. What is Vedāntic methodology? Constructing the model, demonstrating that they are objects, dependent (mithyā<\/span>) on their subject and substrate, existence itself, shining as consciousness (satya<\/span>). Then understanding, on the authority of the Vedas (īśvara<\/span> itself), that objects are nothing other than the subject: advaita<\/span>. After realizing this, subject and object dissolve as the non-dual self.<\/p>\n Thus, we obtain the following diagram. The dark color of coarse matter, and its substrate, tamas, expresses the darkness, inertness, and lifelessness of coarse matter itself.<\/p>\n Each half of the t\u0101masa aspect of each subtle element (tanm\u0101tra) is combined with one-eighth of each of the t\u0101masa aspects of the other four subtle elements. The new part divides itself, according to the same formula, into infinitely more complex forms, and so on. This explains, or if you prefer, symbolizes, the complexity of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[133],"glossary-tags":[],"class_list":["post-26892","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary-categories-long"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/vedanta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sthula-Pancikarana-1-scaled.png\")
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