A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.129

v3.c46.129

⁷⁸ The long (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).