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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extinct. According to Charaka (CS.Ch.28:6) the seats of
the Prana Vayus are
1. The Head
2. The Uras (i.e. thorax including the heart and
lungs)
3. The ears
4. The tongue
5. The nose
According to Susruta (She.N.1:13) the Prana Vayu
flows in the mouth ( Vaktra sancari). Dalhana in his
commentary says that by mouth, the head, thorax, throat
and the nose are also implied. According to Vagbhata
(A.S.1.20; AH 1.12), the Prana Vayu stays in the head and
from this place it courses down to the throat and thorax.
The Prana Vayu, as a rule, is always spoken of as
being associated with the heart. So we shall say that the
special seat of the Prana Vayu is the heart. This is in
conformity with the well-known couplet of Sarangadhara
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"Hridi Prano gude-panah samano nabhi-smmsthitah;
Udanah Kantha-desastho Vyanah Sarvasariragah."
That is, the Prana Vayu resides in the heart,
the Apana in the rectum, the Samana in the umbilicus and
the Udana in the throat, while the Vyana Vayu flows
throughout the whole body.
The normal functions of the Prana Vayu are
