Tatvas

Tatvas are the 96 qualities or properties of human body according to Akilattirattu Ammanai, the religious book of Ayyavazhi. They are as follows:

Gnanendriya - 5

The organs of sense

#The eye - the organ of sight having visible formes as its object.
#The ear - the organ of hearing, having sound as its object.
#The nose - the organ of smelling, having smell (odors) as its object.
#The tongue - the organ of tasting, having flavors as its object.
#The surface of the body – the organ of feeling, having touch (contact) as its object.

Kanmendriya - 5

The organs of actions

#The mouth (the organ of speech)
#The feet
#The hands
#The anus
#The genitals

Thanmaathrai - 5

The archetypes or subtle rudiments of elementary matter, the five elements being resolved into the rudimentary elements of the five senses.

#The light
#The sound
#The taste
#The smell
#The consciousness

Anthakarana - 4

The intellectual powers

#Mana – the organ of thought
#Buddhi – the organ of understanding.
#Siddham – the power of mind which leads to the accomplishment of objectives.
#Aangaram – the organ of excitement.

Naadi - 10

The ten nerves:

#Suzhi munai – the nerve passing through six ataras
#Idakalai – the nerve beginning from the great toe of the right foot and passing up to the left nostril.
#Pinkalai - the nerve beginning from the great toe of the left foot and passing up to the right nostril.
#Kanthari – the nerve beginning at the navel and passing to the neck, where it assumes a seven-fold form, being the source of the seven musical tones of the human voice.
#Atthi
#Siguvai – situated in the region of the eyes forming ten branches, as optical nerves.
#Alambudai
#Purudan – in the region of the ears forming 120 branches or auditory nerves
#Guru – beginning at the naval and reaching to the verenda.
#Sangini – situated in the verenda.

Aatara - 6

There are six Ataras

#Moolathara
#Swadhistana
#Manippooraha
#Anathaha
#Visutthi
#Aangna

Thathu - 7

The seven constituents of the body:

#The Serum
#The Blood
#The Semen
#The Brain marrow
#The Flesh
#The Bone
#The Skin

Vayu - 10

The ten vital airs of the body

#Praanan – situated in the heart
#Abaanan - situated in the top of the head and passing downwards
#Samaanan - situated in the pit of the throat
#Vyaanan – pervading the whole body
#Uthaanan - situated in the navel
#Naahan – which effects the motions and speech
#Koorman – causing horripilation
#Kiriharan - seated in the face
#Devadatthan – that which is exhaled in yawning
#Dhananjeyan – that which remains in the body after the death and escapes by splitting the head.

Kosa - 5

There are five Kosa

#Annamaya - The food body
#Manomaya - The body composed of mind
#Pranamaya - The force vitalizes and holds together the body and the mind
#Vijnanamaya - The body composed of intellect
#Ananthamaya - The body composed of bliss

Navaduwaram - 9

The apertures to the body

#Two eyes
#Two ears
#Two nostrils
#The mouth
#The anus
#Urinary orifice

Vikara - 8

The eight vices

#Lust
#Penuriousness
#Wrath
#Fierce, ungovernable lust
#Recklessness
#Ostentation
#Arrogance
#Envy

Mandala - 3

The three regions of the human body

#Agni mandala – that of fire in lower abdomen
#Aadittha mandala – of the sun in the stomach
#Chandra mandala – of the moon in the head and soulders

Pini - 3

The three kinds of temperaments

#Flatulency – inducing melancholy.
#Bile – bilious distempers.
#Phlegm – a phlegmatic temper.

Guna - 3

The three attributes.

#Satva guna
#Ratchata guna
#Thamo guna

Mala - 3

The three evil passions inherent in the soul

#Pride
#Moral actions
#Maya

Avastha - 5

That which shows the place of soul in the body

#Sakkiram – Vigilance or the soul in the forehead with all its powers awake and in full force.
#Soppanam – dreaming or the soul situated in the neck and its powers suspended or reduced as in dreaming.
#Suzhutthi – entire insensibility, the soul situated in the breast and its powers still reduced as in deep sleep, fainting etc.
#Thuriyam – the soul sunk to the naval, (abstraction of mind).
#Thuriyatheetham – the soul having sunk into the moolatharam and about to depart.

See also

#Kaliyan
#Ayyavazhi