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# Hindu Medicine c8.16

Hindu Medicine c8.16

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### [c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.16)

This entry of the divine life-forces into man to make him their home is a familiar theme of Vedic cosmogony. A hymn of Atharva-Veda (XI, 8)⁸ describes this process in a somewhat different way:

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## Cites (1)

- [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.11.8) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit

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