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existence from three primary entities and that these three entities, again, are evolved out of a single entity or Monad. To take a familiar example, the seven coloured rays in the solar ray are evolved out oi three primary coloured rays; and the three primary colours co-exist with the four secondary colours in the solar rays. Similarly, the three primary entities which brought man into existence co-exist in him with the four secondary entities which arose from different combinations of the three primary entities.
Now these seven entities which in their totality constitute man, are as follows:—I shall enumerate them in the order adopted in the "Fragments" as far as the two orders (the Brahmanical and the Tibetan) coincide:—
| Corresponding names in Esoteric Buddhism. | ||
| I. | Prakriti. | Sthûlasaríram (Physical Body). |
| II. | The entity evolved out of the combination of Prakriti and Sakti. | Sûkshmasaríram or Lingasaríram (Astral Body). |
| III. | Sakti. | Kâmarûpa (the Perisprit). |
| IV. | The entity evolved out of the combination of Brahmam, Sakti and Prakriti. | Jivâtmâ (Life—Soul). |
| V. | The entity evolved out of the combination of Brahmam and Prakriti. | Physical Intelligence (or animal soul). |
| VI. | The entity evolved out of the combination of Brahmam and Sakti. | Spiritual Intelligence (or Soul). |
| VII. | Brahmam. | The emanation from the Absolute, &c. (or pure spirit). |
