Fire

One of the five elements in traditional
Indian cosmology, the others being
earth, wind, water, and akasha. In
some philosophical schools, each of the
elements is paired with one of the five
senses. Fire is associated with sight,
since the eye’s action in apprehending a
visual object is compared to flame darting out and scorching something.
Within the body, fire is also associated
with digestion, which is generally conceived of as “cooking” the foods in the
digestive system.