</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Vedic era was well versed with heart (hridaya) and brain (mastishka) being two distinct entities, with interdependent functional relationship. [Atharvaveda Book X. Hymn 2.26] Kashyap Samhita quotes that all sense and motor organs ([[indriya]]) together with [[mind]] ([[manas]]) emerge from heart (hridaya). [Ka.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 8/6] Primary site of action of [[mind]] ([[manas]]) is brain (shira).<ref>Jain et al., Concept Of Post-Stroke Depression In Ayurveda: A Scientific Review; World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research;2017:6(14)</ref> It can be concluded that [[mind]] ([[manas]]) being seated in heart (hridaya) connects to brain (shiras) through manovaha [[srotas]] and controls all senses ([[indriya]]). Also, any damage pertaining to [[marma]] (vital points) of shiras (head) causes loss of consciousness (cheshtanasha). [Cha.Sa. [[Sidhhi Sthana]] 9/6] Hence, heart (hridaya) and brain (shiras or mastishka) are sites of manovaha [[srotas]]. | </p><p style="text-align:justify;">Vedic era was well versed with heart (hridaya) and brain (mastishka) being two distinct entities, with interdependent functional relationship. [Atharvaveda Book X. Hymn 2.26] Kashyap Samhita quotes that all sense and motor organs ([[indriya]]) together with [[mind]] ([[manas]]) emerge from heart (hridaya). [Ka.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 8/6] Primary site of action of [[mind]] ([[manas]]) is brain (shira).<ref>Jain et al., Concept Of Post-Stroke Depression In Ayurveda: A Scientific Review; World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research;2017:6(14)</ref> It can be concluded that [[mind]] ([[manas]]) being seated in heart (hridaya) connects to brain (shiras) through manovaha [[srotas]] and controls all senses ([[indriya]]). Also, any damage pertaining to [[marma]] (vital points) of shiras (head) causes loss of consciousness (cheshtanasha). [Cha.Sa. [[Sidhhi Sthana]] 9/6] Hence, heart (hridaya) and brain (shiras or mastishka) are sites of manovaha [[srotas]]. |