Hindu Medicine c8.8

c8.8

Space or ether, the all-pervading and most subtle of the five elements, is the carrier of sound; it is reflected in the quality of sound which reaches the ear through space, and in the faculty of hearing. “The Moon abides in the mind, the Rain-god Parjanya in the heart of the elephants,” for the elephants are regarded as rain-clouds walking the earth; their presence, through this celestial kinship, attracts the beneficent downpour which quickens vegetation after the summer drought, and provides for the sustenance of men and animals.