214 Synopsis of the 



words, " category, principle, power, organ, property," ap- 

 proximate it in meaning. The order in which the Tattti- 

 vams are evolved from Pathi and Pdsam i their names and 

 their characteristic properties, and the parts which they a*re 

 intended to play in the human organism, are given with great 

 minuteness in the works above mentioned. But notice will 

 here be taken of only the principal Tattuvams. 



By the grace of Pathi there was developed from Sutta 

 mayei — pure elemental matter which was united with deity 

 from eternity — Ndtham, the male energy of Pathi. From 

 Natham was evolved Vmtu, the female energy of Pathi. . 

 And from Vintu, SathdkMyam, in which both the male and 

 female energies inhere ; from Sathakliiyam, Isuran, the ob - 

 scuring God, and from him, Budra, the destroying God. 

 These divine developments are associated with the soul with 

 a view of prompting it on towards final deliverance. 



For the use of these developments, and for the purpose of 

 drawing the soul out from its state of unconsciousness, as it 

 exists imbedded in Pdsam, into a state of intelligence and I 

 activity, there are evolved, from the above mentioned Vintu, 

 the four Vdkku, which may be translated as organic bases of 

 intelligence. These are 



1°. Suhkumei 

 2°. Peisanti. 

 3°. Veikari. 

 4 C . Mattimei. 



All these were unfolded from pure elemental matter, and by 

 the agency of Pathi. The productions that follow were >\ 

 drawn out of Pdsam— impure elemental matter — and by the 

 instrumentality of the divine developments detailed above. 



By the grace of Sathdkkiyam, there are evolved from I 

 Asutta Mdyei, impure elemental matter, 



