Māṃsa dhātu — muscle proxy

Third tissue / structural flesh

Māṃsa dhātu is placed over the upper-limb field to make the structural flesh category visually legible in a front silhouette. This is a target-organ and tissue proxy for a substance classification, not a claim that the whole dhātu resides in one limb or at one skin point.

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

Point 3 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 māṃsa as the muscle/flesh tissue and treats it as a product of prior nourishment; no body-surface point is prescribed.

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

Modern teaching language for māṃsa dhātu as muscle and flesh; the limb placement is an editorial visual proxy rather than an anatomical assertion.

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