Charak Samhita

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खादीनि बुद्धिरव्यक्तमहङ्कारस्तथाऽष्टमः। भूतप्रकृतिरुद्दिष्टा विकाराश्चैव षोडश ॥६३॥

[Ashta bhuta prakriti (eight sources of creation) and Shodash vikara (sixteen elements)] The five subtle elements (viz. shabdatanmantra, sparshatanmantra, rupatanmantra, rasatanmatra and gandhatanmatra), buddhi (intellect), avyakta (prakriti or nature) and ahamkara (ego) are the eight sources of creation.

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