The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c8.s6.t5.2

c8.s6.t5.2

There is a doubt whether the remaining *Prânas* (the *Manas* and the ten *Indriyas*) are mere functions of the *Mukhya Prâna* or are separate entities (p. 729, 3). The former opinion might be maintained, because we read (Brih. 1. 5, 21) "they all became part of its nature" and because they too bear the name *Prâna* (p. 729, 5). But this is not so; they are separate entities, as follows from their having the special name *Indriyam*;