स्नायु शरीर: भावप्रकाश में नौ सौ स्नायु और गवाक्षित शरीर

भावप्रकाश संधियों के बाद स्नायु गिनता है — नौ सौ, तीन भागों में — और फिर नाभि से निकली चौबीस...

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Snayu Sharira: Bhavaprakasha Counts Nine Hundred Bindings and Draws the Body as a Lattice Window

The short version After it finishes counting the joints, the Bhavaprakasha turns to what holds them shut. It says there...

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Mamsa Peshi, Meda and Asthi in the Bhavaprakasha: The Five Hundred Muscles, the Fat That Gathers at the Belly and the Bones That Outlast the Body (Dhatu Prakarana)

Quick Summary After naming the five vatas, five pittas and five kaphas, the Bhavaprakasha’s Purva Khanda walks deeper into the...

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Kledana, Avalambana, Rasana, Snehana, Shleshmana: The Five Kaphas of the Bhavaprakasha — One Moon-Cool Dosha in Five Stations, and the Stomach Kapha That Waters Them All

Quick Summary With this reading, the Bhavaprakasha’s tour of the three doshas completes its circle. After the five winds and...

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Pachaka, Ranjaka, Sadhaka, Alochaka, Bhrajaka: The Five Pittas of the Bhavaprakasha — and the Classical Debate on Whether Pitta Is the Body's Fire (Agni)

Quick Summary Classical Ayurveda does not speak of pitta as one thing. The Bhavaprakasha, in its Dosha Prakarana, gives the...

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