page_title: Tattva
section_title: Tantra
hierarchical_section_title: Tattva / Tantra
caption_attribution_description: English: Tattwas. Magyar: A tattva alapelemei:
context_page_description: According to various Indian schools of philosophy, a tattva is an element or aspect of reality. In some traditions, they are conceived as an aspect of deity. Although the number of tattvas varies depending on the philosophical school, together they are thought to form the basis of all our experience. The Samkhya philosophy uses a system of 25 tattvas, while Shaivism recognises 36 tattvas. In Buddhism, the equivalent is the list of dhammas which constitute reality.
context_section_description: In Hindu tantrism there are five tattvas creating global energy cycles of tattvic tides beginning at dawn with Akasha and ending with Prithvi:
  Akasha (Spirit tattva) – symbolized by a black egg
  Vayu (Air tattva) – symbolized by a blue circle
  Tejas (Fire tattva) – symbolized by a red triangle
  Apas (Water tattva) – symbolized by a silver crescent
  Prithvi (Earth tattva) – symbolized by a yellow square
  Each complete cycle lasts two hours. 
  This system of five tattvas which each can be combined with another, was also adapted by the Golden Dawn (→Tattva vision).
caption: Air is blue circle. Earth is yellow square. Fire is red triangle. Water is silver crescent. Spirit is the black egg.
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