A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c8.162

v1.c8.162

Chapter twenty-nine, called daśaprāṇāyatanīya, 706 describes the ten seats (āyatana) of the vital breaths (prāṇāḥ); these ten seats are the temples (śaṅkha), the three vital organs (marmatraya: heart, bladder, head), 707 the throat (kaṇṭha), blood, semen, ojas, and anorectal region (guda) (29.3–4).708