[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) › c8.8 # Hindu Medicine c8.8 Hindu Medicine c8.8 - **Language:** English ### [c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.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. - [Previous: c8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.7) - [Next: c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.9) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.8) · Pramāṇa