Earth, air, space, water, and light as the fifth, are considered as Great Creatures. These form both the origin and the destruction of all created objects.
पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम्। महाभूतानि भूतानां सर्वेषां प्रभवाप्ययौ॥