The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.7.8
Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.7.8
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4.7.8
atha khalupuruṣe[puruṣā] ṣoḍaśādhyātmadevatā bhavanti | tad yathā---agniś ca pṛthivī cāpaś cākāśaś ca vāyuś ca vidyuc ca parjanyaś ca indraśca[-ga] gandharvaś ca mṛtyuś cādity aś ca candramāś ca tvaṣṭā[tṛṣṇā] ca viṣṇuś ca prajāpatiś ca brahmā ceti | tāḥ karmabhir vidyādutpattitaś ca parimāṇataś ca vidyāt | ūṣmā hyatrāagneś[-gniś] ca karma dehe | ghrāṇaṃ ca pṛthivyāḥ, sneho raso jñānaṃ codakasya, sparśanaṃ vāyoḥ, śrotraṃ cākāśasya, rūpādānaṃ parjanyasya saṃvegādānāni vidyutaḥ, balamindrasya, kāmo gandharvāṇāṃ, kopo mṛtyoḥ, cakṣurādity asya,prasādaścandramasaḥ, rūpaṃ tvaṣṭuḥ, ceṣṭā viṣṇoḥ, vyavāyaḥ prajāpateḥ, buddhirbrahmaṇa iti ||
Now, indeed, there are sixteen presiding deities within the person, as follows: Agni, Earth, Water, Space, Wind, Lightning, Parjanya, Indra, Gandharva, Death, the Sun, the Moon, Tvaṣṭṛ, Viṣṇu, Prajāpati, and Brahmā. / One should know them by their functions, by their origin, and by their measure. / For here, bodily heat is the function of Agni in the body; smell, of the Earth; unctuousness, taste, and perception, of Water; touch, of Wind; hearing, of Space; assumption of form, of Parjanya; surges of impulses, of Lightning; strength, of Indra; desire, of the Gandharvas; anger, of Death; the eye, of the Sun; clarity, of the Moon; form, of Tvaṣṭṛ; movement, of Viṣṇu; sexual intercourse, of Prajāpati; and intellect, of Brahmā.
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