A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c11.6

v1.c11.6

The eight evolutes of bhūtaprakṛti are the five mahābhūtas,¹² buddhi,¹³ avyakta and ahaṃkāra;¹⁴ the products (vikāra) are sixteen in number:¹⁵ five organs of sense, five organs of action, mind (manas) and the objects of the senses (1.63–64). This whole, the avyakta excepted, is known as the field (kṣetra),¹⁶ while the avyakta is the knower of the field (kṣetrajña) (1.65). The avyakta gives rise to buddhi, ahaṃkāra evolves from buddhi, the five mahābhūtas arise from ahaṃkāra (1.66–67ab). The cycles of evolution and dissolution are described (1.67cd–69).¹⁷