[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [A History of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922) › v2.c19.s8.8 # A History of Indian Philosophy v2.c19.s8.8 A History of Indian Philosophy v2.c19.s8.8 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s8.8) ² \*tri-prakāra-mahā-sthūṇam\*, VI. 24. 14. The commentator explains the three kinds of pillars as referring to the three primal entities of Indian medicine—\*vāyu\* (air), \*pitta\* (bile) and \*kapha\* (phlegm)—\*vāta-pitta-kapha-lakṣaṇa-tri-prakārā mahāntaḥ sthūṇā viṣṭambha-kāṣṭhāni yasya\*. I am myself inclined to take the three kinds of pillars as referring to the bony structure of three parts of the body—the skull, the trunk, and the legs. - [Previous: v2.c19.s8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s8.7) - [Next: v2.c19.s8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s8.9) - [Up: v2.c19.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s8) ## Cites (1) - [Yogavāsiṣṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.yogavasistha.6.24.14) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s8.8) · Pramāṇa