Editing Water (classical element) (section)

==Indian tradition==
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'''Ap''' (''{{IAST|áp-}}'') is the [[Vedic Sanskrit]] term for water, in [[Classical Sanskrit]] occurring only in the plural is not an element.v, '''{{IAST|āpas}}''' (sometimes re-analysed as a thematic singular, ''{{IAST|āpa-}}''), whence [[Hindi]] '''{{IAST|āp}}'''. The term is from [[PIE]] ''h<sub>x</sub>ap'' water.

In [[Hindu philosophy]], the term refers to 
water as an element, one of the ''[[Classical element#Classical elements in Hinduism|Panchamahabhuta]],'' or "five great elements". In [[Hinduism]], it is also the name of the [[deva (Hinduism)|deva]], a [[personification]] of water, (one of the [[Vasu]]s in most later [[Puranic]] lists). The element water is also associated with [[Chandra]] or the moon and [[Shukra]], who represent feelings, intuition and imagination.

According to [[Jainism|Jain]] tradition, water itself is inhabited by spiritual [[Jīva (Jainism)|Jīvas]] called apakāya [[ekendriya]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Journal of the Department of Letters|volume=5|journal=Journal of the Department of Letters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BDxQAQAAMAAJ&dq=Ekendriya&pg=PA352|page=352|author=University of Calcutta: Department of Letters|date=1921|publisher=Calcutta University Press, originally from [[University of Chicago]]}}</ref>