Characteristics of the five Great Elements.

The attributes of the Great Five Elements (i.e. The Sky, The Air, The Fire, The Water and The Earth) increase in succession and every forthcoming element retain the characteristics of the preceding elements.
For example, the first element The Sky has "Sound" characteristic, the second element The Air has two attributes. It's own characteristic "Touch" and also "Sound" taken from the previous element The Sky. The Fire has three attributes. It's own attribute is Form or Shape, Visibility to be more specific, and two others namely Sound and Touch, retained from The Sky and The Air. The fourth element The Water has Taste as it's own attribute and also has Sound, Touch and Form retained from the previous elements. The fifth element The Earth has five attributes. Namely Sound, Touch, Form and Taste along with it's own attribute Smell. Manu Smiriti. 1/22