[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938) › c19.8 # Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.8 Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c19.8 - **Language:** English ### [c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.8) The body is pervaded by ten³ airs which are conceived of as vital powers, or functions of the human organism; specifically and particularly of the senses⁴ and the involuntary processes, moving in channels, or paths, called nāḍī,⁵ which are found in all parts of the body. Five of these airs are of more importance to the Yogī than are the others⁶, and of the five two are of special interest; and, finally, prāṇa, as the function of breathing, is primary.¹ Prāṇa, vāyu and māruta seem to mean not merely air, or breath, but also vital force, the principal of life, vitality, the antithesis of physical or bodily inertness and death. The prāṇa is often identified with the individual soul (jīva). The airs are as follows: - [Previous: c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.7) - [Next: c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.9) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.8) · Pramāṇa