Persons conversant with the principal elements hold that Sound and Touch and Form and Taste and Scent are the fifth creation, relating to the Great elements.
शब्दः स्पर्शश्च रूपं च रसो गन्धस्तथैव च। पञ्चमं सर्गमित्याहुभौतिकं भूतचिन्तकाः॥