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of the body, viz. the five Bhutas, the Tejo-Bhuta predomi-
nating. By the association of four Bhutas other than Tejas,
Pitta becomes possessed of some distinct qualities of its
own (in excess of the general qualities of Tejas) such
as liquidity, bitterness, mobility, etc. It is for this
reason and because of its characteristic form in the body,
that this Tejas or Agni of the body has been given a new
and distinctive name, just as gold, although it is included
in the Tejas-substance by Kanada because of its lusture, had
nevertheless been designated by a seperate term.
(3) KAPHA AS APYA
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Similarly the Kapha or Slesman of the body is
nothing but a combination of the five Bhutas, the Jala-
bhuta predominating. It may, therefore, be called Jaliya
or Apya, having got the characteristic moist and viscid
properties of Ap. But because, due to the conjunction of
the other four Bhutas, it gets new and seperate properties
of its own, and because it has a distinctive form in a
human body, it has been called by a seperate name, kapha,
just as the same substance water, when by different causes.
and by combination with different substances takes on new
forms, is called by different names Tusara (Snow), Hima (Dew)
and Karaka (Ice).
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A question may be pertinently asked now. Like Pitta
and Kapha, the Vayu of the body should also be considered
as Pacabhautika. Then why, like the other two, has it not