Mahābhūta (English Wikipedia)

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The traditional list of body parts associated with the earth element are the first 19 of 31 body parts – from head hair to feces – identified in the Pali Canon with the contemplation of Patikulamanasikara, with the catch all phrase of "or whatever else internal, within oneself, is hard, solid, & sustained" (trans. Thanissaro, 2003b) added.
The traditional list of water-element body parts are the latter twelve of 31 body parts – from bile to urine – identified in Patikulamanasikara contemplations, with the catch all phrase of "or whatever else internal, within oneself, is liquid, watery, & sustained" (trans. Thanissaro, 2003b) added.
The "space element" is encountered more frequently in the canonical discourses than is the "consciousness element." Examples of discourses that include both of these latter elements are DN 33 (Walshe, 1995, p. 500, para. 16), MN 140 (Thanissaro, 1997c), and SN 27.9 (Thanissaro, 1994).
Thanissaro (2003b).
Thanissaro (2006).
Thanissaro (1997c).
Thanissaro (1997b).
Thanissaro (1997a).
Thanissaro (2003a).
Bodhi (2000), pp. 680–1; Thanissaro (2005).
Bodhi (2000), pp. 891–2; Thanissaro (2001).
Bodhi (2000), pp. 1237–9; Thanissaro (2004a).
Bodhi (2000), pp. 1251–3; Thanissaro (1998).
Bodhi (2000), p. 1006; Thanissaro (2004b).
Bodhi (2000), p. 1014; Thanissaro (1994).
Thanissaro (1997).

Dan Lusthaus, "What is and isn't Yogacara." He specifically discusses early Buddhism as well as Yogacara. "What is and isn't Yogacara". Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2016..

Gopal, Madan (1990). K.S. Gautam (ed.). India through the ages. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 79.

Or, more literally, "Great Natures." See Rhys Davids & Stede (1921–25), p. 507, entry for "Bhūta."^{[permanent dead link‍]}

See, e.g., Monier-Williams Sanskrit Dictionary where Mahābhūta is defined as: "a great element, gross [element] (of which 5 are reckoned, viz. aether, air, fire, water, earth, as distinguished from the subtle [element]s or Tanmātras.)." Monier-Williams (1899), p. 798, entry for "Mahā-," retrieved 24 December 2008 from "U. Cologne" at http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/MWScanpdf/mw0798-mahApheTkArIya.pdf.

Dan Lusthaus, "What is and isn't Yogacara." He specifically discusses early Buddhism as well as Yogacara. "What is and isn't Yogacara". Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2016..