Prana is a vital energy, which necessarily sustains the activities of living being, both at micro and macro level Also, Prana is one of the five type of Vata. some kind of impulse condition in living body (vata)can very much be co-related to the prana (life energy)of living organisms. Here,We must understand that vata is not merely "AIR" that we breathe.
Dasha pranayantani (Ten reservoirs of Prana)
Ayurvedha has mentioned ten reservoirs of prana in the body,The ten pranayantana are very vital parts of the body and any trauma to these may led to serious consequences.The pranayantana are as follows.
- Shankha (temporals)
- Shira (head)
- Hridaya (heart)
- Basti (bladder)
- Kantha (throat)
- Guda (anus)
- Rakta (blood)
- Shukra (reproductivesubstance)
- Ojas (vital essence of the body)
- Mamsa (muscle tissue)
Six among the ten Pranayatana are Marma. Remaining are four are important Dathu (tissues)
This shows the importance of Marma in the body.
Pranavaha Srotas
The term litterally means the paths needed for flow,likew tunnies or channels . The Srotas are much places where the substances under transformation (metabolic) are conveyed physically or virtually.Pranavaha means that which convet /transmit channelize Prana
Vata and Prana
Repeatedly during the details of prana its activities, the books of ayurvedha squaerly refer vata. Therefore,it is necessary to know about the activities of vata to understand Prana paricularly in refer to the marma
