The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c6.127

c6.127

The substances contain a liquid of principle effulgence (tejas) which makes them alive and which is known as ojas, that is to say, "force."⁵ It is the material of vitality and it may be called “vital juice”. It stays in the heart; the breath (prāṇa), which is going to be discussed shortly hereafter is based on it and it is distributed in the body along with prāṇa, by the blood-vessels.¹