[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948) › c8.124 # Hindu Medicine c8.124 Hindu Medicine c8.124 - **Language:** English ### [c8.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.124) The prāṇa, blowing forward, is said to support all the other life-breath forces of the organism. It is “at the head” of the others (mukhya). With a person about to die, its outflow, while it lasts, indicates that some life-force is still left in the body. Man’s last breath, in India as elsewhere, is considered to be an expiration with which the force of life-breath departs from the body, leaving it inanimate. - [Previous: c8.123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.123) - [Next: c8.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.125) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.124) · Pramāṇa