[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Markandeyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) › 45.55 # Markandeyapurana 45.55 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 45.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [45.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.55) tasmāccaturguṇā hyāpo vijñeyāstā rasātmikāḥ / śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpañca raso gandhaṃ samāviśat // > Ether has the element\[24\] of sound only. When the element of touch accrued, Air comes into existence with two properties\[25\]; touch is known to he its peculiar property. Moreover, when to form accrued both the properties, sound and touch, then Eire also came into existence with its three\[26\] properties; it has sound and touch and form. Sound, and touch and form,—when the element of taste accrued to them, then Water wūth its four properties came into existence; it is to he known as being characterized by taste. Sound and touch and form and taste, when smell accrued, they consolidated with the element of smell enclosed this Earth; hence earth has five properties; it is seen to be the gross one among created things. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 45.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.54) - [Next: 45.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.56) - [Up: 45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.45.p15) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.45.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.55) · Pramāṇa