The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2351 page)

(Skt.,
li
ga
ar
ra
or
s
k
ma
ar
ra
). In Indian religions, a non-physical body. It is also called
purya
aka
(‘city of eight’). This latter term refers to a classification of the subtle body in accordance with the
tattvas
, namely the five
tanmatras
or subtle elements (sound, touch, form, taste, and smell) and the
antah k
ra
a
or inner instrument (comprising
buddhi
, aha
k
ra, and
manas
). A Vedantic classification, however, says that the subtle body comprises seventeen parts, namely the five
pr
as