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पीतेन बिन्दुना भौमं सितेन वरुणं पुनः । कृष्णेन पवनं विन्द्यादरुणेन हुताशनम् ।।२५१॥
Meaning: When it is difficult to decide, which Mandal is in action, or operative or in motion, it should be decided by imagining yellow dot, white dot, red dot, and black dot respectively.
Pressing the holes of the ears with the two thumbs, the two nostrils with the middle fingers, the mouth with the third and fourth fingers, the corners of the eyes with the first fingers of both the hands and having stopped the breath altogether, one should try to observe the colours of dots appearing at the point between eye brows.
Yellow dot indicates the Purandara breath, white dot indicates the Varuna breath, black dot indicates, the Pavan breath and the red dot indicates the Agni breath.
faceAgagrat ai armi ar afH0174 | तदङ्गं पीडयेत्सद्यो यथा नाडीतरा वहेत् ॥ २५२ ॥
Meaning: If a particular flowing artery is to be changed into another flowing artery the side of the body indicated by the flowing artery should be pressed by reclining on that side.
प्रचक्षते । पृष्टौ दक्षिणभागे तु रविक्षेत्रं मनीषिणः ॥ २५३ ॥
श्रग्रे वामविभागे हि शशिक्षेत्रं
Meaning: The learned people say that the front part of the left side of the body is the province of the
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