Deciphering the Clouds

 

"Clouds" rain in the acinar region 

The central axes, 7-8 in number, as we have seen already in the chapter on geography, are referred to as the Meru and the heavenly regions. These regions are Ramyaka, Kimpurusa and the rest. In these regions, it is said that Indra never pours down rain. Therefore there can be no question of sighting clouds in this portion of the bronchial lotus. Therefore it is said that the sun merely draws the water from these places, through the pulmonary artery. This is the heavenly water that is being drawn and the pulmonary flow is given the name of the heavenly Ganga or Ganga in the sky. It is only in the levels of the bronchial tree following these levels that the clouds are imagined. This would be the bronchiolar region; from this region onwards, the sun (bronchial conduit) no longer sucks but only pours. Different kinds of clouds are imagined.