The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c10.67

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³ prāṇāya svāhāpānāya vyānāya svāhā cákṣuṣe svāhā . . ., etc.—Vāj.—s., XXII, 23. It can be seen that the suppression is preferably of the udāna and the samāna. When there are four breaths, it is samāna which is omitted, cf.; Kāṭh., XXXIX, 3: XL, 5, where it is omitted. But others are also omitted, for example in Vāj.—s, I, 20 are mentioned only prāṇa, udāna and vyāna.