Essay name: The Nervous System in Yoga and Tantra (Study)
Author:
Ashok Majumdar
Affiliation: Banaras Hindu University / Department of Kayachikitsa
This study deals with the presentation of the Nervous System in Yoga, Tantra and Ayurveda. Yoga and Ayurveda are allied sciences dealing with science of man in depth. This study has revealed a number of hither to unknown facts about concept of nervous system and thought science of Hindus.
Chapter 7 - The Physiological and the Pathological concepts of Tridosha Theory
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the large intestines. This is also in conformity with
Susrusta when again he says in Nidana-sthana, 'the residence'
- Pakvadhana
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guda tayah -
of Vayu is Pakvadhana and Guda
S.Nt 1:9'. Pakvadhana literally means receptacle for the
fully digested food. Guda here means the Guda-nadi i.e. the
rectum, Arunadutta in his commentary on Vagbhata also says
that because the fully digested food i.e. the faces collects
there, it is called Pakvadhana or Pakvasaya (AH.I.12). The
term Pakvasaya, however, is generally used for the portion
of the intestines below the umbilicus 'Pakvasayo hyadbo
naveh'- Raja-nighantu.
During the digestion of food, fresh Vayu is produced
largely in the intestines, Pitta in the duodenum and Kapha
in the stomach. So these places have been called the special
seats of Vayu, Pitta and Kapha.
III. CLASSIFICATION OF THE THREE DOSAS
(1) FIVE TYPES OF VAYU, PITTA AND KAPHA
In the Ayurveda, we find mention of five kinds of
Vayu, Pitta and Kapha. There are five Vayus, five Pittas
and five Kaphas. There is one Vayu but from the functional
point of view, it is divided into five types. Vayu is called
by different names according as it performs different
functions at different parts of the body. The Vayu of the
body has its special seat at the intestines, that is, the
place where it is mainly generated, but from this place it
