[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) › c8.65 # Hindu Medicine c8.65 Hindu Medicine c8.65 - **Language:** English ### [c8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.65) Like the swan, prāṇa as the life-giving principle is intra-mundane, dwelling in the universe and its beings, while as the supernal source of universal energy it is supra-mundane. But unlike the bird with which it is compared, the swan-like prāṇa never withdraws both its feet from the “watery” realm of the macrocosm and microcosm which it is animating; should it do so, life would cease to exist. - [Previous: c8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.64) - [Next: c8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.66) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.65) · Pramāṇa