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The word ''Indriya'' literally means organ, sense, force, vigor.<ref>Sanskrit-English Dictionary available from http://spokensanskrit.org/index.php?mode=3&script=hk&tran_input=Indriya&direct=au retrieved on April 19, 2019</ref>. In the present context, it means ''Prana'' or vital life force.<ref>Commentary by Chakrapani on Cha.Indriya 1/1-2 available on http://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/ecaraka/?mod=adhi retrieved on April 19, 2019</ref>.
==Categories of Indriya ==
There are total eleven Indriya in human being.
*Five sense organs that work for perception of knowledge termed as 'dnyanendriya'.
*Five motor organs that work for gross motor functions termed as 'karmendriya'.
*'Mana' (mind) is termed as 'atindriya' as it works as super sense and co-ordinates with intellectual faculty and soul.
The status of vitality of a human being can be assessed through Indriya. Hence, the section [[Indriya Sthana]] deals with assessment of vitality and observation of fatal signs or dreadful features of disease.
== More information ==
#[[Indriyopakramaniya Adhyaya]]
#[[Indriya Sthana]]
==References==
==Categories of Indriya ==
There are total eleven Indriya in human being.
*Five sense organs that work for perception of knowledge termed as 'dnyanendriya'.
*Five motor organs that work for gross motor functions termed as 'karmendriya'.
*'Mana' (mind) is termed as 'atindriya' as it works as super sense and co-ordinates with intellectual faculty and soul.
The status of vitality of a human being can be assessed through Indriya. Hence, the section [[Indriya Sthana]] deals with assessment of vitality and observation of fatal signs or dreadful features of disease.
== More information ==
#[[Indriyopakramaniya Adhyaya]]
#[[Indriya Sthana]]
==References==