Ca, Nid., 1, 4.0 atastrividhā vyādhayaḥ prādurbhavanti āgneyāḥ saumyāḥ vāyavyāśca dvividhāścāpare rājasāḥ tāmasāśca //

Ca, Śār., 1, 123.2 tāmasānāṃ ca rūpāṇāṃ mithyāsaṃyoga ucyate //

Ca, Śār., 3, 13.1 asti khalu sattvamaupapādukaṃ yajjīvaṃ spṛkśarīreṇābhisaṃbadhnāti yasminnapagamanapuraskṛte śīlamasya vyāvartate bhaktir viparyasyate sarvendriyāṇyupatapyante balaṃ hīyate vyādhaya āpyāyyante yasmāddhīnaḥ prāṇāñjahāti yad indriyāṇām abhigrāhakaṃ ca mana ityabhidhīyate tattrividham ākhyāyate śuddhaṃ rājasaṃ tāmasamiti /

Ca, Śār., 4, 36.1 trividhaṃ khalu sattvaṃ śuddhaṃ rājasaṃ tāmasamiti /

Ca, Śār., 4, 36.2 tatra śuddhamadoṣamākhyātaṃ kalyāṇāṃśatvāt rājasaṃ sadoṣamākhyātaṃ roṣāṃśatvāt tāmasamapi sadoṣamākhyātaṃ mohāṃśatvāt /

Ca, Śār., 4, 39.4 ityevaṃ tāmasasya sattvasya trividhaṃ bhedāṃśaṃ vidyānmohāṃśatvāt //

Ca, Śār., 4, 40.1 ityaparisaṃkhyeyabhedānāṃ trayāṇāmapi sattvānāṃ bhedaikadeśo vyākhyātaḥ śuddhasya sattvasya saptavidho brahmarṣiśakrayamavaruṇakuberagandharvasattvānukāreṇa rājasasya ṣaḍvidho daityapiśācarākṣasasarpapretaśakunisattvānukāreṇa tāmasasya trividhaḥ paśumatsyavanaspatisattvānukāreṇa kathaṃca yathāsattvamupacāraḥ syāditi //