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TATTVA-KAU
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non-specific' stands for the subtile forms of Sound etc., manifested as the Rudimentary Elements. (Tanmātrās);' in this name 'tanmātra,' the particle 'mātra' serves to exclude the Gross forms of the Elements. Thus the sensory organs are those that have for their objects the gross and subtile things. For instance, the Ear of deities and sages can perceive the subtile Rudimentary-Sound as also the gross Sound; but the Ear of the people like ourselves can perceive only the gross Sound; similarly the Tactile organ of those beings can perceive gross as well as subtile Touch, while our organ can perceive gross Touch only; similarly, the Eye and other organs of those beings can perceive Colour and other things in their gross as well as subtile forms, while our organs can perceive these in their gross forms only.
(178) Among the Motor-organs, Speech is concerned with sound, in its gross form, because organ of Speech is the producer of such sound. The organ of Speech, however, cannot produce Rudimentary Element of sound, which is the direct effect of the l-principle ( Ahankāra ); and as such has the same cause as the organ of speech itself ( which also being one of the sense-organs, proceeds directly from the l.principle ).
“ The rest" i. e., the four other motor-organs—the Arms, the Generative organ, the Hands and the Feet are 'concerned with five objects"; because the jar and such other objects—which are what are dealt with by those organs, are all made up of the five primary elements of Sound, Colour, Touch, Taste and Odour.
Among the thirteen organs, some are described as superior to others, reasons for which are given :
