Are the stars referred to in the "Astronomy" of the Puranas the neural entities? Stars are self-luminous bodies unlike planets. The neural entities too shine by their own light. They represent the intelligent minds of the internal world. The gross structures of the body such as the bronchial conduits and the vasculature are controlled and operated by their respective innervators. It may be said that these are "illuminated" by the "light" of neural intelligence. They are like the planets having no light of their own but "shining" through the light provided by the stars (like the sun), the self-luminous bodies. It may be remembered, in this connection, that, among the meanings of the word "deva," one of them is "shining entity."
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