[Buddha-l] five elements

[Stephen Hodge]

Dear Kate,

> Well, I don't know about Budhist scholastics, but certainly some Buddhist
> sects do, and not only colours but shapes, animals, directions etc - the
> primary examples of colours and shapes associated with elements being of
> course mandalas and stupas.

If anybody is interested, the technical name for these sequences of 
identification in Sanskrit is "bandhu" -- very well-attested throughout much 
of Indian religious literature and they can run into dozens for one set.

Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge