Light, it is said, is gifted with three qualities; and water as possessed of four qualities. Earth, consisting of mobile and immobile, should be known as possessed of five qualities.
त्रिगुणं ज्यातिरित्याहुरामश्चपि चतुर्गुणाः॥ पृथ्वी पञ्चगुणा ज्ञेया चरस्थावरसंकुला।