A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c61.199

v4.c61.199

1051 The six cakras are described in two different ways. The sixteen ādhāras consist of ahaṃkāra, manas, buddhi, citta, kāraṇa, prāṇa, apāna, samāna, udāna, vyāna, pṛthvī, āpaḥ, tejas, vāyu, ākāśa, and jyotirūpa, i.e., the jīva. The three laksas are the palate (tālu), heart (hṛd) and navel (nābhi). The five types of vyoman are the ekastambha (i.e., the ahaṃkāra), the nine orifices (navadvāra) of the human body, the three śūnyas (i.e., sattva, rajas and tamas), the five tattvas (i.e., the body, manas, antarātman, ātman and paramātman), and the five senses.