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The natural theory of birth is that the six ''dhatus'' (five basic elements- ''prithvi, apa, tejas, vayu, akasha'' and the ''atman'' (soul)) possess specific qualities, and that the combination and separation of these basic elements, conditioned by the actions of the ''atman'', determines the qualities of the individual at birth. [12]

The natural theory of birth is that the six ''dhatus'' (five basic elements- ''prithvi, apa, tejas, vayu, akasha'' and the ''atman'' (soul)) possess specific qualities, and that the combination and separation of these basic elements, conditioned by the actions of the ''atman'', determines the qualities of the individual at birth. [12]

==== Views regarding paranirmana (soul as the Creator of the Universe) ====

==== Views regarding ''Paranirmana'' (soul as the Creator of the Universe) ====

अनादेश्चेतनाधातोर्नेष्यते परनिर्मितिः|  

अनादेश्चेतनाधातोर्नेष्यते परनिर्मितिः|  

para AtmA sa ceddheturiShTo~astu  paranirmitiH||13||  

para AtmA sa ceddheturiShTo~astu  paranirmitiH||13||  

Consciousness is without any beginning or end, and being eternal it cannot be created by any other thing. Creation by something else refers to the creation of the body by the absolute atman (the supreme consciousness or the supreme soul), and is an acceptable view for the proponents of the theory of reincarnation. [13]

Consciousness is without any beginning or end, and being eternal it cannot be created by any other thing. Creation by something else refers to the creation of the body by the absolute ''atman'' (the supreme consciousness or the supreme soul), and is an acceptable view for the proponents of the theory of reincarnation. [13]

==== ‘Yadruchha’ or free will (power which is responsible for sudden occurrence of events in universe) ====

==== ‘Yadruchha’ or free will (power which is responsible for sudden occurrence of events in universe) ====