Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1089
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1089
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Apāna leads vāyu downwards. It is Apāna which directs man's downwards. Also it keeps in its fold urine and semen. This vāyu is called Apāna as its function is adhonayana (leading downwards) as mentioned above. Samānavāyu conveys to the different parts in the body in equal manner the things which living beings eat, drink and smell as also blood, bile, phlegm and vāta. Udāna causes the shivering of lips, flushing of face and eyes and excitement of joints etc. Vyāna causes the limbs to be closed and stretched, and it excites diseases. Nāga exists in nausea, Kūrma in the bulging of the eyes