Pitta — grahaṇī and nābhi

Small-intestine / navel digestive seat

This midline anchor joins grahaṇī, the small-intestinal digestive gateway in modern translation, with nābhi, the navel region. It represents Pitta's central transformative seat without asserting that a classical text used the exact anatomical boundary of the modern small intestine.

Vāta seat — sacral and pelvic anchorVāta — pakvāśaya / colonPitta — grahaṇī and nābhiPitta — grahaṇī and nābhiPitta — liver regionPitta — spleen regionKapha — uras / chest and lungsKapha — head and cranial seat

Point 3 of 7 in Tridoṣa — Vāta, Pitta, and Kapha seats

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Caraka Saṃhitā (primary_canonical)

The pitta-site teaching places transformative digestive activity around grahaṇī and nābhi; exact modern organ equivalence remains interpretive.

Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdayam (primary_canonical)

Describes the navel and digestive region within Pitta's principal seat and function.

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

Modern teaching source for Pitta's association with digestion and the central abdomen.

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