Rupa appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Tattvas
Rupa
Rupa (form) is a tattva of fire, whose colour is red. It is associated with form, colour and sight.
The five tattvas are the subtle elements; the five tanmatras are the qualities sensed through them.
Correspondences
- Element
- Fire
- Color
- Red
Practice
- Magical Uses
- GlamourVisionImage work
Nature and meaning
- English
- Form
Details
- Keywords
- FormColourSightThe subtle element
The 36 tattvas
The 36-tattva chain is the Shaiva (Trika / Shaiva Siddhanta) cosmology, numbered in emanation order from Shiva to earth. It is not the 25-tattva Samkhya list and it does not include the three gunas or the five vayus as tattvas: the gunas are qualities of Prakriti, and the vayus are a separate physiological scheme. The ten entries that overlap the corpus's `tattvas.json` carry a `corresponds_to` cross-reference.
Correspondences
- Number
- 29
Practice
- Magical Uses
- MeditationDiscriminationCosmologySelf enquiry
Nature and meaning
- English
- form / colour (subtle element)
- Category
- Tanmatra
Details
- Keywords
- FormColourSubtle elementTejasEye
- Corresponds to
- Rupa
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- Rupa Corresponds to
More in Tattvas
The entries either side of this one in the same catalogue.
- Sparsha Sparsha (touch) is a tattva of air, whose colour is blue. It is associated with touch, contact and the subtle element.
- Rasa Rasa (taste) is a tattva of water, whose colour is silver. It is associated with taste, essence and the subtle element.
- Shabda Shabda (sound) is a tattva of aether, whose colour is indigo. It is associated with sound, hearing and the subtle element.
- Gandha Gandha (smell) is a tattva of earth, whose colour is yellow. It is associated with smell, memory and the subtle element.
- Prithvi Prithvi (earth) is a tattva, whose colour is yellow. It is associated with earth, smell and solidity.
- Akasha Akasha (aether) is a tattva, whose colour is indigo. It is associated with space, sound and the first.
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