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<p style="text-align:justify;">Srotasa are numerous in number because humans are a complex organism, and all body entities are made up of innumerable srotasa. [Cha. Sa. [[Vimana Sthana]] 5/3] Fundamentally, every cell of the body could be understood as srotasa. As per the ayurvedic classics, srotasa can be broadly classified into two types: </p> | <p style="text-align:justify;">Srotasa are numerous in number because humans are a complex organism, and all body entities are made up of innumerable srotasa. [Cha. Sa. [[Vimana Sthana]] 5/3] Fundamentally, every cell of the body could be understood as srotasa. As per the ayurvedic classics, srotasa can be broadly classified into two types: </p> | ||
<ol style='text-align:justify;'><li style="font-weight: bold;">Sthula (Gross): <span style="font-weight: normal;">They are further classified into two types:</span></li> | <ol style='text-align:justify;'><li style="font-weight: bold;">Sthula (Gross): <span style="font-weight: normal;">They are further classified into two types:</span></li> | ||
<ol type="a"><li style="font-weight: bold;">Bahiramukha (external openings): <span style="font-weight: normal;">Bahirmukha srotasa have external orifices on the body. Broadly they are nine in number [Su. Sa [[Sharira Sthana]] 5/6 | <ol type="a"><li style="font-weight: bold;">Bahiramukha (external openings): <span style="font-weight: normal;">Bahirmukha srotasa have external orifices on the body. Broadly they are nine in number [Su. Sa [[Sharira Sthana]] 5/6], two of them situated at the lower part of the body. Remaining seven are present in the upper part of the body. In females, three srotasa are mentioned below: [Su. Sa [[Sharira Sthana]] 5/10] </span></li> | ||
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<li style="font-weight: bold;">Internal openings (antarmukha): <span style="font-weight: normal;">As per Acharya Charaka there are 13 main internal openings described [Ch. Sa [[Vimana Sthana]] 5/6 | <li style="font-weight: bold;">Internal openings (antarmukha): <span style="font-weight: normal;">As per Acharya Charaka there are 13 main internal openings described [Ch. Sa [[Vimana Sthana]] 5/6] and Acharya Sushruta mentioned 22 internal openings [Su Sa [[Sharira Sthana]] 9/12]: </span></li> | ||
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