The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c11.20

c11.20

The *Praśna* (III, 5 ff) situates *apāna* in the anus and in the organs of generation, *prāṇa* in the eyes, ears, mouth and the nostrils, *samāna* having a digestive function, in the centre (of the body), *vyāna* in the canals and in one of them, *udāna* which loses here its physiological rôle to assume that of conducting the Self of man to its destinies after death.