Agni Purana

अव्यतमाश्रितानीह रजः सत्त्वतमांसि च । आन्तरः पुरुषो जीवः स परं ब्रह्म कारणम्

Here, the unmanifest is the support of rajas, sattva, and tamas; the inner person is the living being, and the supreme Brahman is the cause.

स याति परमं स्थानं यो वेत्ति पुरुषं परम् । सप्ताऽऽशयाः स्मृता देहे रुधिरस्यैक आशयः

He attains the highest state who knows the supreme person; seven receptacles are said to be in the body, with one being the receptacle of blood.

श्लेष्मणश्चाऽऽमपित्ताभ्यां पक्वाशयस्तु पञ्चमः । वायुमूत्राशयः सप्त स्त्रीणां गर्भाशयोऽष्टमः

The receptacles of phlegm, undigested food, and bile, and the large intestine are the fifth; the receptacles of wind and urine are six and seven, and in women, the womb is the eighth.

पित्तात्पक्वाशयोऽग्नेः स्याद्योनिर्विकशिता द्युतौ । पद्मवद्गर्भाशयः स्यात्तत्र धत्ते सरक्तकम्

From bile arises the large intestine, from fire, and the yoni is expanded in radiance; the womb is like a lotus, and there it holds all that is mixed with blood.

शुक्रं स्वशुक्रतश्चाङ्गं कुन्तलान्यत्र कालतः । न्यस्तं शुक्रमतो योनौ नैति गर्भाशयं मुने

Semen, and from one's own semen, the limbs and hair arise in due time; if semen is deposited in the yoni, O sage, it does not reach the womb.

ऋतावपि च योनिश्चेद्वातपित्तकफावृता । भवेत्तदा विकाशित्वं नैव तस्यां प्रजायते

Even in the fertile period, if the yoni is obstructed by wind, bile, or phlegm, then expansion does not occur, and no offspring is produced there.

बुक्कात्पुक्कसकप्लीहकृतकोष्ठाङ्गहृद्व्रणाः । तण्डकश्च महाभाग निबद्धान्याशये मतः

From the bukkā, pukkasa, spleen, and the intestines, heart, and ulcers, O great one, taṇḍaka is also considered to be bound in the receptacles.

रसस्य पच्यमानस्य साराद्भवति देहिनाम् । प्लीहा यकृच्च धर्मज्ञ रक्तफेनाच्च पुक्कसः

From the essence of the digested juice arises, for embodied beings, the spleen and liver, O knower of dharma, and from the froth of blood, the pukkasa.

रक्तं पित्तं च भवति तथा तण्डकसंज्ञकः । भेदो रक्तप्रसाराच्च बुक्कायाः संभवः स्मृतः

Blood and bile are produced, and so is what is called taṇḍaka; due to the spreading of blood, the origin of bukkā is remembered.

रक्तमांसप्रकाराच्च भवन्त्यन्त्राणि देहिनाम् । सार्धत्रिव्यायाम (व्याम) संख्यानि तानि नृणां विनिर्दिशेत्

From the forms of blood and flesh, the intestines of embodied beings are formed; their number is said to be one and a half vyāmas in men.

त्रिव्यामानि तथा स्त्रीणां प्राहुर्वेदविदो जनाः । रक्तवायुसमायोगात्कामे यस्योद्भवः स्मृतः

In women, they are said to be three vyāmas, according to those who know the Veda; from the union of blood and wind, desire is said to arise.

कफप्रसाराद्भवति हृदयं पद्मसंनिभम् । अधोमुखं तच्छुषिरं यत्र जीवो व्यवस्थितः

From the spreading of phlegm, the heart, resembling a lotus, is formed; it faces downward and is hollow, where the living being is established.

चैतन्यानुगता भावाः सर्वे तत्र व्यवस्थिताः । तस्य वामे यथा प्लीहा दक्षिणे च यथा यकृत्

All states accompanied by consciousness are established there; to its left is the spleen, and to its right is the liver.

दक्षिणे च तथा क्लोम पद्मस्यैवं प्रकीर्तितम् । श्रोतांसि यानि देहेऽस्मिन्कफरक्तवहानि च

On the right is also the kloma, as described in the case of the lotus; the channels in this body carry phlegm and blood.

तेषां भूतानुमानाच्च भवतीन्द्रियसंभवः । नेत्रयोर्मण्डलं शुक्लं कफाद्भवति पैतृकम्

From the inference of the elements, the origin of the senses is understood; the white circle in the eyes arises from phlegm and is paternal.

कृष्णं च मण्डलं वातात्तथा भवति मातृकम् । पित्तात्त्वङ्मण्डलं ज्ञेयं मातापितृसमुद्भवम्

The black circle arises from wind and is called maternal; the skin circle is known to originate from both mother and father.

मांसासृक्कफजा जिह्वा मेदोसृक्कफमांसजौ । वृषा (ष) णौ दश प्राणस्य ज्ञेयान्यायतनानि तु

The tongue is formed from flesh, blood, and phlegm; fat, blood, phlegm, and flesh produce the testicles; ten seats of the vital breaths are to be understood.

मूर्धा हृन्नाभिकण्ठाश्च जिह्वा शुक्रं च शोणितम् । गुदं वस्तिश्च गुल्फं च 'कण्डुराः षोडशेरिताः

The head, heart, navel, throat, tongue, semen, blood, anus, bladder, and ankle—these sixteen are the channels.

द्वे करे द्वे च चरणे चतस्रः पृष्ठतो गले' । देहे पादादिशीर्षान्ते जालानि चैव षोडश

Two in the hands, two in the feet, four behind the neck; in the body, from the feet to the head, there are sixteen networks.

मांसस्नायुशिरास्थिभ्यश्चत्वारश्च पृथक्पृथक् । मणिबन्धनगुल्फेषु निबद्धानि परस्परम्

Four each from flesh, sinews, veins, and bones, separately; they are bound together at the wrists and ankles.

षट् कूर्चानि' स्मृतानीह हस्तयोः पादयोः पृथक् । ग्रीवायां च तथा मेद्रे कथितानि मनीषिभिः

Six bundles are remembered here, separately in the hands and feet; likewise in the neck and the penis, as described by the wise.

पृष्ठवंशस्योपगताश्चतस्रो मांसरज्जवः । तावन्त्य (त्य) श्च तथा पेश्यस्तासां बन्धनकारिकाः

Four muscular cords arise along the spine; likewise, there are as many tendons, which serve as their binding agents.

सीरण्यश्च तथा सप्त पञ्च मूर्धानमाश्रिताः । एकैका मेढ्रजिह्वास्ता अस्थिषष्टिशतत्रयम्

There are seven veins and five situated in the head; each one is found in the penis and tongue; bones number sixty-three.

सूक्ष्मैः सह चतुः षष्टिर्दशना विंशतिर्नखाः । पाणिपादशलाकाश्च तासां स्थानचतुष्टयम्

Including the fine ones, there are sixty-four teeth, twenty nails, and the rods of the hands and feet; these have four locations.

षष्ट्यङ्गुलीनां द्वे पार्ष्णयोर्गुल्फेषु च चतुष्टयम् । चत्वार्यरन्योरस्थीनि जङ्घयोस्तद्वदेव तु

Of the sixty fingers, two are in the heels and four in the ankles; four bones are in the forearms, and likewise in the thighs.

द्वे द्वे जानुकपोलोरुफलकांशसमुद्भवम् (द्भवे) । अक्षस्थानांशक श्रोणिफलके चैवमादिशेत्

Two each arise from the knees, calves, and thighs; likewise, in the sockets of the eyes and the pelvic bone, it is so indicated.

भगास्तोकं तथा पृष्ठे चत्वारिंशच्च पञ्च च । ग्रीवायां च तथाऽस्थीनि जत्रुकं च तथा हनुः

The perineum, the back, forty-five bones, likewise in the neck, and also the collarbone and jaw.

तन्मूलं द्वे ललाटाक्षिगण्डनासाङ्ख्यवस्थिताः । पर्शुकास्तालुकैः सार्धमर्बुदैश्च द्विसप्ततिः

At their roots, two are situated in the forehead, eyes, cheeks, and nose; together with the palate and tumors, there are seventy-two.

द्वे शङ्खके कपालानि चत्वार्येव शिरस्तथा । उरः सप्तदशाऽस्थीनि संधीनां द्वे शते दश

Two temples, four skull bones, likewise in the head; seventeen bones in the chest, and two hundred and ten joints.