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dhātu
dhātu m. layer, stratum KātyŚr. Kauś.
• constituent part, ingredient (esp. and in ṛV. only ifc., where often= 'fold', e.g. tri-dhā́tu, threefold &c
• cf. triviṣṭi-, sapta-, su-) RV. TS. ŚBr. &c
• element, primitive matter (= mahā-bhūta L.) MBh. Hariv. &c. (usually reckoned as 5, viz. kha or ākāśa, anila, tejas, jala, bhū
• to which is added brahma Yājñ. iii, 145
• or vijñāna Buddh.)
• a constituent element or essential ingredient of the body (distinct from the 5 mentioned above and conceived either as 3 humours [called also doṣa] phlegm, wind and bile BhP. [cf. purīṣa, māṃsa, manas, ChāndUp. vi, 5, ]
• or as the 5 organs of sense, indriyāṇi .[s.v. and MBh. xii, 6842, where śrotra, ghrāṇa, āsya, hṛdaya and koṣṭha are mentioned as the 5 dhātu of the human body born from the either] and the 5 properties of the elements perceived by them, gandha, rasa, rūpa, sparśa and śabda L.
• or the 7 fluids or secretions, chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, semen Suśr. [L. rasâdi or rasa-raktâdi, of which sometimes 10 are given, the above 7 and hair, skin, sinews BhP.])
• primary element of the earth, i.e. metal, mineral, are (esp. a mineral of a red colour) Mn. MBh. &c. element of words, i.e. grammatical or verbal √or stem Nir. Prāt. MBh. &c. (with the southern Buddhists dhātu means either the 6 elements see above Dharmas. xxv
• or the 18 elementary spheres [dhātu-loka] ib. lviii
• or the ashes of the body, relics L. [cf. -garbha])
Also posted on Talk:Dhatu (Ayurveda) Wakari07 (talk) 17:54, 20 September 2012 (UTC)Reply
