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the five karmendriyas and their functions (5.26); the manas and its functions (5.27); the seven āśayas, and the additional eighth one in women; 154 the viscera (koṣṭhāṅgāni): heart (hṛdaya), liver (yakṛt), spleen (plīhan), phupphusa, uṇḍuka, kidneys (vṛkka), intestines (antra), etc.; 155 liver and spleen derive from the clear (accha) part of blood, 156 when it is acted upon by the samāna and the bodily heat (dehoṣman); 157 the frothy part (phena) of blood gives rise to the phupphusa, 158 its waste matter (kiṭṭa) to the uṇḍuka; 159 the kidneys arise from the pure parts (prasāda) of blood and fatty tissue, 160 the intestines from those of blood and muscular tissue; 161 the length of the intestines is three yāma and a half in men, three yāma in women; 162 the kalīya is produced from a combination of blood and vāta; 163 the heart finds its origin in the pure parts of kapha and blood; 164 it has the form of a padmakośa, with its opening turned downwards and provided with holes (suṣira); 165 the cetanā has its seat there, 166 together with all the bhāvas associated with it; at its left are spleen and phupphusa, at its right liver and kloman 167 (5.28); the sense organs arise from the pure parts of the channels (srotas) transporting kapha and blood and from the pure parts of the mahābhūtas; 168 the śuklamaṇḍala of the eyes, which is of paternal origin, arises from the pure part of kapha, the kṛṣṇamaṇḍala, which is of maternal origin, from (the pure part of) blood;