Majjā dhātu — marrow and neural proxy

Sixth tissue / inner filling

Majjā dhātu is shown along the central axial line to accommodate the traditional marrow and inner-filling sense while acknowledging neural glosses in modern teaching. This is a target-organ projection of a substance classification, not a claim that one measurable tissue occupies the plotted midline.

Rasa dhātu — nutritive fluid proxyRakta dhātu — blood proxyMāṃsa dhātu — muscle proxyMeda dhātu — adipose proxyAsthi dhātu — bone proxyMajjā dhātu — marrow and neural proxyMajjā dhātu — marrow and neural proxyŚukra dhātu — reproductive proxy

Point 6 of 7 in Dravyaguṇa — Seven Dhātu Affinity

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Caraka Saṃhitā (primary_canonical)

The dhātu sequence names majjā after asthi and treats it as an inner, filling tissue; modern translations differ on marrow versus neural glosses, so the midline proxy is broad.

Vasant Lad, Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing (secondary)

Modern teaching account of majjā dhātu as marrow and related inner tissue; the axial placement is an editorial target-organ proxy, not an anatomical assertion.

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