[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) › c8.13 # Hindu Medicine c8.13 Hindu Medicine c8.13 - **Language:** English ### [c8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.13) One such example is the myth dealing with the origin of the universe from the body of a primeval being, the First Great Man (puruṣa). According to Ṛgveda X, 90, the gods, in the beginning of time, took this primordial man and sacrificed him; they divided the victim; his head became heaven, his feet earth; his ears became space, his eyes the sun, his breath the Wind-god, and so on. - [Previous: c8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.12) - [Next: c8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.14) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.90) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.13) · Pramāṇa