Mahā-bhūtas—The five material elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether. See Elements.Prabhupada ›Glossary›-M-›Maha-bhutas-The five Maha-bhutas-The five material elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether. See Elements. Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/glossary/m/maha-bhutas-the-five-material-elements-earth-water-fire-air- Previous: Mahabharata-An important and famous itihasa (historical) scripture belonging to the smrti section of the Vedic scriptures. The Mahabharata narrates the history of the great Kuru dynasty of ksatriyas (warriors) that was annihilated by the Kuruksetra war. Contained within the Maha-bharata is the Bhagavad-gita. See Bhagavad-gita. Next: Maha-dvadasi-the day after Ekadasi, celebrated instead of Ekadasi because of astronomical overlapping. Lord Krsna calls it Ekadasi if a fast is observed on that day.