Agni Purana

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.

अष्टषष्टिस्तु शाखासु षष्टिश्चैकविवर्जिता । अन्तरा वै त्र्यशीतिश्च स्नायोर्नवशतानि च

Sixty-eight are in the limbs, sixty except one; in between, there are eighty-three, and nine hundred tendons.

त्रिंशाधिके द्वे शते तु अन्तराधौ तु सप्ततिः । ऊर्ध्वगाः षट् शतान्येव शाखास्तु कथितानि तु

Two hundred and thirty-two in total, seventy in the intermediate region; six hundred upward, and the limbs are thus described.

पञ्च पेशीशतान्येव चत्वारिंशत्तथोर्ध्वगाः । चतुः शतं तु शाखासु अन्तराधौ च षष्ठिका

Five hundred muscles, forty upward; four hundred in the limbs, and sixty in the intermediate region.

स्त्रीणां चैकाधिका वै स्याद्विंशतिश्चतुरुत्तरा । स्तनयोर्दश योनौ च त्रयोदश तथाऽऽशये

In women, there is one more, twenty-four in total; ten in the breasts, thirteen in the womb, and likewise in the cavity.

गर्भस्य च चतस्रः स्युः शिराणां च शरीरिणाम् । त्रिंशच्छतसहस्राणि तथाऽन्यानि नवैव तु

There are four (channels) in the embryo, and for embodied beings, there are three hundred thousand veins, and in addition, nine others.

षट्पञ्चाशत्सहस्राणि रसं देहे वहन्ति ताः । केदार इव कुल्याश्च क्लेदलेपादिकं च यत्

Fifty-six thousand of these carry the bodily fluids, just as irrigation channels carry water in a field, along with moisture, coating, and the like.

द्वासप्ततिस्तथा 'कोट्यो व्योम्नामिह महामुने । मज्जाया मेदसश्चैव वसायाश्च तथा द्विज

And, O great sage, there are seventy-two crores (720 million) within the body, pertaining to marrow, fat, and also to the oily tissue, O twice-born.

मूत्रस्य चैव पित्तस्य श्लेष्मणः शकृतस्तथा । रक्तस्य सरसस्यात्र क्रमशोऽञ्जलयो मताः

For urine, bile, phlegm, and feces, as well as for blood and serum, the measured quantities are given in order as handfuls.

अर्धार्धाभ्यधिकाः सर्वाः पूर्वपूर्वाञ्जलेर्मताः । अर्धाञ्जलिश्च शुक्रस्य तदर्थं च तथौजसः

Each preceding substance is considered to be slightly more than half of the next; half a handful is said to be the measure for semen, and likewise for vital essence.

रजसस्तु तथा स्त्रीणां चतस्रः कथिता बुधैः । शरीरं मलदोषादिपिण्डं ज्ञात्वाऽऽत्मनि त्यजेत्

For women, four (channels) of menstrual fluid are described by the wise; knowing the body as a mass of impurities and faults, one should renounce attachment to it.