splendour, brilliance, light, clearness of the eyes , the vital power, spiritual or moral or magical power or influence, majesty, dignity, glory, authority, the fire in opposition, ardour, spirit, efficacy, essence; semen virile and the marrow; the brain but also: impatience, fierceness, energetic opposition. Said to be represented in K r i s h n a S u d a r s ' a n a c a k r a (see 12.11: 14-15).

fire element of the body which can burn out with excessive toxin intake, drug use, cigarette smoking and even everyday city life.