spring up respectively the five Tanmātras (substances or essences) viz., the essences of sound, contact, colour, savour and odour. The creation of the five Karmendriyas (organs of action) viz., voice, hands, feet, and the organs of excretion and generation, is due to the five consonants from ट to ण respectively. The consonants from त to न give rise respectively to the creation of five Buddhendriyas, (perceptive organs), i. e., the ear, the skin, the eyes, the tongue and the nose. From प to म spring forth respectively the five Tattvas (principles) viz., those of Manas (mind), Ahamkār (self-arrogation), Buddhi (intellect) Prakrti (the undeveloped principle ) and Purusha (Self). The four Tattvas, Rāga (limitation in regard to interest lit. attachment), Vidyā (limited knowledge ), Kalā (the power of limited creation) and Māyā (the generally limiting power ) proceed in order from the four consonants य, र, ल, and व. The last group of letters from श to क्ष represent respectively Mahā-Māyā (great illusion), Shuddha Vidyā (true or pure-knowledge), Ishavara (lit., the 'Lordliness'), Sadāshiva ('that from which or in which the experience of Being begins') and Shakti (the power).
The creation of the Universe consisting of the aforesaid Tattvas and based on the Mātrikās from अ to ज्ञ as shown above finds its source in अ
