Right on schedule for our study--Dr. Robert Svoboda's 5 minutes on our 5 sense organs.
Pancha Maha Bhutas = the 5 great Elements (space, air, fire, water, earth)
Tanmatras are subtle expressions of the 5 elements: sound (space), touch (air); sight(fire), taste (water), smell (earth) or: shabdha, sparsha, rupa, rasa, gandha