The Bhikṣuṇī Maṇimēkhalai

264 - The Various Systems of Beliefs
Of these, earth is possessed of the five qualities, of sound, touch, sight,
taste, and smell. The other four (water, fire, air and space) have
qualities, each one less, in the order in which they are given above.
Sound, touch, sight, smell, taste, largeness, smallness, hardness,
softness, rightness, thinness, capacity to take shape, capacity to take
sight, these constitute the qualities of matter. Matter, quality and
capacity for action are common to all terms of matter. Since change
of form and stationariness are common qualities of all matter, death
and existence constitute also the essence of matter. Attributes,
division of matter and collection of matter, qualities and that which
has qualities, these [198] are the main features of existing things.’
So concluded the Vaiśēṣika teacher.
Bhūtavādī
Maṇimēkhalai addressed herself last of all to the Bhūtavādī. He said:
‘Just as when the flower of tāduki 109 and jaggery 110 with other things
are mixed fermentation springs into existence, so when the elements
combine, there springs a consciousness of feeling. When they break
up, this consciousness will also break up and disappear just as the
sound ceases when a drum is broken down into its parts. Any one of
these elements, when it is in life and has this consciousness, and when
it has neither of these, springs into existence from out of the same
element. This is the true course of things.
109 (Ātti, Bauhinia racemosa).
110 (Crude sugar).