[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) › c8.46 # Hindu Medicine c8.46 Hindu Medicine c8.46 - **Language:** English ### [c8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.46) The devotee, in paying homage to his own life-breath (prāṇa), first celebrates it as the cosmic life-principle, the Lord of All, whose enlivening forces manifest themselves most impressively at the rainy season; hence the references to rain, thunder and lightning that quicken vegetation and cattle and rescue nature from the merciless summer heat. The rain-bearing monsoon wind, thought of as carrying on its wings the refreshing fluid of the life-giving celestial waters, is the most patent and auspicious manifestation of the life-breath of the universe. - [Previous: c8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.45) - [Next: c8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.47) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.46) · Pramāṇa