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Tattva 34 — Fire (Tejas / Agni)

Fire and light: the element of heat and visibility, third of the five great elements.

Tejas (also called agni) is the gross element of fire — the third of the five great elements, the principle of heat, light, and transformation. It is what makes things visible and what cooks, burns, and changes them. In the tattva descent it unfolds from the subtle element of form, since fire is the element most bound up with visibility and color.

Key passages(15)

Tantrasāra · Abhinavagupta

High

Chāndogya Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)

High

Tarka-saṃgraha · Annaṃbhaṭṭa

High

Vaiśeṣika-sūtra · Kaṇāda

High

Vaiśeṣika-sūtra · Kaṇāda

High

Paramārthasāra · Abhinavagupta

High

Tantrasāra · Abhinavagupta

High

Vijñāna-bhairava · Anonymous (Bhairava Āgama / Tantra)

High

Haṭhayoga-pradīpikā · Svātmārāma

High

Praśna Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)

High

Vijñāna-bhairava · Anonymous (Bhairava Āgama / Tantra)

High

Bhagavad-gītā · Vyāsa (Yoga-bhāṣya commentator)

Moderate

Gheraṇḍa-saṃhitā · (attributed to Gheraṇḍa)

Moderate

Praśna Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)

Moderate

Śiva-stotrāvalī · Utpaladeva

Moderate