Learn about the 10 opposing qualities or 20 gunas in Ayurveda. The world is made up of 5 mahabhutas or elements. Each of these mahabhutas-space, air, water, fire and earth have qualities. If you are a pitta, then you will have qualities of fire and water. This is a part of a class by Monica Groover, author of Ayurveda and the Feminine.