• ཁམས་བཞི།
  • ཁམས་རྣམ་པ་བཞི་པོ།
  • khams rnam pa bzhi po
  • khams bzhi
  • caturdhātu
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  • four elements
  • ཁམས་རྣམ་པ་བཞི་པོ།
  • khams rnam pa bzhi po
  • caturdhātu
Definition in this text:

Earth, water, fire, and wind. Also called “four great elements.”

  • four elements
  • ཁམས་བཞི།
  • khams bzhi
  • caturdhātu
Definition in this text:

The four “great” outer elements (mahābhūta, ’byung ba chen po): earth, water, fire, and air. See also “element.”

  • four elements
  • ཁམས་བཞི།
  • khams bzhi
  • caturdhātu
Definition in this text:

The four elements‍—earth, water, fire, and wind‍—that make up all physical objects, including the body.