[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v2.c7.s1.16 # The Purana Index v2.c7.s1.16 The Purāṇa Index v2.c7.s1.16 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c7.s1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s1.16) \*Tatvas\*—twenty-three in number For the sake of creation the Supreme Being associates with Kālaśakti and makes these twenty-three principles active¹ Twenty-four also in number² Sometimes twenty-five³ - [Previous: v2.c7.s1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s1.15) - [Next: v2.c7.s1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s1.17) - [Up: v2.c7.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s1.16) · Pramāṇa