A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.242.2

v1.c23.242.2

liver (yakṛt) and spleen (plīhan) of the foetus are formed from blood, the phupphusa68 from the foam (phena) of blood, the uṇḍuka69 from the waste products (kiṭṭa) of blood (4.25); the intestines, ano-rectal region and bladder are formed from the pure parts (prasāda) of blood and kapha, acted upon by pitta and vāta (4.26–27ab); the tongue is formed from the pure parts of kapha, blood and muscular tissue (māṃsa); the channels (srotas) arise from the combined action of vāta and ūṣman70 (4.28cd); the peśīs (muscles) arise in the same way; vāta and pitta are also the agents transforming (part of) the muscles, in combination with the sneha of medas, into sirās and snāyus; mild (mṛdu) heating (pāka) leads to the formation of sirās, strong (khara) heating to the formation of snāyus (4.29–30ab); repeated action of vāta leads to the formation of āśayas (receptacles) (4.30cd); the kidneys (vṛkka) arise from the pure parts of blood and fatty tissue (medas), the testicles (vṛṣaṇa) from the pure parts of muscular tissue (māṃsa), blood, kapha and fatty tissue (medas), the heart from the pure parts of blood and kapha; the heart is the basis (āśraya) of the prāṇa-transporting dhamanīs; below the heart, on the left side, are spleen and phupphusa71 located, on the right side liver and kloman; the heart is in particular the seat of consciousness (cetanā), which explains that all living beings sleep when it is covered by tamas (4.31);