LEXICON · PHILOSOPHICAL
Pañca-bhūta
पञ्चभूत
/PAHN-chah-BHOO-tah/Philosophical
The five elements — synonymous with mahābhūta. The tantric model uses the five elements as both a cosmological map and a psychological typology. Each element corresponds to a cakra, a sensory modality, and a quality of experience. The KALKI system's tier structure (Prithvi, Jal, Agni, Akash) is built on the four manifest elements.
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Pañca-bhūta is one coordinate in the Lexicon — the KALKI reference system mapping tantrik psychology term by term. Each definition is cross-linked to the practices and patterns it describes.