A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.128

v3.c46.128

(series of) bone(s) in the back, extending from the anus to the head, and resembling the neck (daṇḍa) of a vīṇā, is called brahmaḍaṇḍa (42). The delicate hole at its upper end is called brahmanāḍī; the subtle Suṣumṇā lies between Iḍā and Piṅgalā (43). The jīva is established in the body, which is at some places like a cakra, or at other places like a kośa, or again like a jīvagṛha (48). The jīva roams through the body, mounted on the prāṇas; it resembles a spider in its web (49). The ten seats (āyatana) of prāṇa are: the umbilical region, ojas, the anal region, semen, the blood, the temples, the head, the kāṇḍa, and the heart (51).⁷⁸ Viśvodarī is thirty-two hasta in length; that part of it which is present in the neck measures one hasta (52). The āmāśaya is located at a distance of ten hasta from this (part of Viśvodarī) and the pacyamānāśaya at a distance of ten hasta from the āmāśaya (53). The distance between pacyamānāśaya and pakvāśaya is ten hasta again; the guhyadeśa (region of the genitals and anus) measures one hasta; its nāḍī resembles the convolutions of a conch (54).