Hindu Medicine c8.225

c8.225

Śaunaka teaches: “when the foetus springs into existence, first the head comes into being, because the head is the root from which the faculties of the senses (indriya) spring forth,”
Kṛtavīrya teaches: “—the heart, because it is the abode of the all-comprehensive awareness (buddhi) and of the mind (manas).”
The school of Parāśara teaches: “—the navel, for out of the navel grows the body of animate beings.”
Mārkaṇḍeya teaches: “—the arms and the legs,