Pancha Bhoota (5 Elements of Nature)

Pancha Bhoota, These elements are: Prithvi (Earth), Apas/Jal (Water), Agni(Fire), Vayu (Air), Aakash(Aether,sky).

• Pancha Bhoota or Pancha MahaBhuta, five great elements, also five physical elements, is a group of five basic elements, which, according to Hinduism, is the basis of all cosmic creation. 
• These elements are: Prithvi (Hindi: पृзी, Earth), Apas/Jal (Hindi: जल, Water), Agni (Hindi:अिΏ, Fire), Vayu (Hindi: वायु, Air), Aakash(Hindi: आकाश, Aether). 
• These elements have different characteristics and these also account for different faculties of human experience. 
• In Ayurveda and Indian philosophy, the human body is considered to be made of these five elements. However, Cārvāka did not accept Akash as basic element as it is not tangible and according to him, there are only four basic elements. Buddhism also accepts four basic elements and Akash is left out. These five elements of Indian cosmological system are similar but not identical to five element theories used in East Asia.