The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus c9.t1.10

c9.t1.10

Arrangement of the blood-bearing *Śirâs* and *Dhamanîs*. — Two blood-bearing *Dhamanî* trunks (“veins”) proceed from the heart (superior vena cava and pulmonary artery?), and two proceed from different regions of the alimentary tract (portal vein and inferior vena cava?). Ten *Śirâs* bearing pure blood proceed from the alimentary tract to the liver and spleen, which are joined on to the heart by means of both *Śirâs* and *Dhamanîs*. The ten *Śirâs* are subdivided into 175 branches, which are distributed over the body in the same way as the lymph-bearing *Śirâs* (*vide supra*).