[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [The Compendium of Bheḷa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela) › 4.7.8 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.7.8 Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.7.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.7) - [Next: 4.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.9) - [Up: 4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.4.7.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.7.8) · Pramāṇa