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Chap.XXI.] burning oven. The food, thus brought down into the stomach, is easily moistened, disintegrated and digested by coming into contact with the oily secretions of the stomach (Amashaya).

Metrical Texts:—The Kapham is originated through the sweet, slimy, watery, exudating character of the food brought into the stomach (Amashaya); and hence the Kapham becomes endued with similar attributes.

The Kledakam:—The Kapham, even though principally located in the stomach, permeates its four other distant localities with its peculiar watery or humid essence in virtue of its inherent attributes.

The Avalamvaka:—The Kapham, located in the region of the chest, protects the joints of the arms, the neck and the sternum, and enables the heart to perform its natural functions with the help of the lymph-chyle derived from the assimilated food and its own intrinsic potency.

The Vodhakam:—The Kapham, situated in the throat and at the root of the palate, lends its aid to the perception of tastes by maintaining the moist or humid character of the tongue.

The Tarpakam:—The Kapham, situated in the head, cools and bathes the different sense organs