The great soul, the uninanifest, egoisin, the eleven organs (of knowledge and action), the five great elements, the characteristics of the five elements, these form the eternal creation. The number of clements has been said to be twenty-four and one (more).
महानात्मा तथाव्यक्तमहंकारस्तथैव च। इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च महाभूतानि पञ्च च॥ विशेषाः पञ्चभूतानामिति सर्गः सनातनः। चतुर्विंशतिरेका च तत्त्वसंख्या प्रकीर्तिता॥